i'm christie smith. that story, straight ahead. >> and we're tracking another day of potentially record-breaking heat for the bay area. a look at your forecast is coming right up. >>> and we're helping to keep your family safe during this heat wave. see the simple steps to keep your kids cool. >>> good morning. and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. time now is 6:30. we have heat wave patrol going on, taking a toll on some of the bay area's most popular parks. of course, the most obvious thing we've been following is that the flames have been burning for more than half a mile at mt. diablo state park. it's happening just off of curry canyon road, on the east side of the mountain, kind of at the base. now, rob mayeda has been looking at what firefighters face from the weather, the dry conditions, lack of wind, humidity, that kind of thing. but first, christie smith joining us live. she has a look at the efforts to get this fire under control. christie, i understand th

christy is live with what's ahead in today's hearing. christy. good morning to you. defense attorneys are expected to talk about news coverage following the killing and what they described as a prolonged media blitz. but they're expected to talk about a juror survey done here in alameda county on potential jurors that frankly doesn't look really good for their clients. yusef bay iv is accused of killing the journalist chauncey bailey in august 2007 because bailey was working on the story of your black muslim bakery. his codefendant, they're accused in two other murders, as well. we were among the first news crews at the scene the morning that bailey was shot and killed here in broad daylight. the survey, though, conducted for the defense shows that 70% of those in alameda county polled know about the case and they think that bay is guilty. prosecutors believe that the media coverage issue, though, is being way overstated. still, one opening could be moving the entire trial down to los angeles. the judge in the hearing is the same one who ordered the trial of then b.a

reporting live in contra costra county, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thanks a lot, christie. >>> two people are in the hospital with injuries from a boating accident in vallejo. it happened at about 5:00 p.m. yesterday at glen cove flmarinan vallejo. the man on board suffered burns over 60% of his body. a woman with him also reportedly badly burned. a man was burning excess fuel when his boat went up in flames. >>> pack your patience for your commute today. high temperatures could mean a repeat of some of the troubles we saw for b.a.r.t. yesterday. the heat causes warping on the tracks, so trains would have to slow down, and that causes delays. and several b.a.r.t. train control rooms also overheated, leading to more delays. >> it's really hot in here right now, and the computer equipment is not talking to the operations control center, letting the operations control folks know that there's a train in the area. >> caltrain saw delays as well, so they'll have to slow their trains down too to prevent warping on the tracks. the hot weather forcing vallejo to open a cooling cente

reporting live in danville, christie smith. nbc bay area news. >> a tragedy for everyone involved. >>> a sign that summer is coming fast to a close, many school kids around the bay area head back to class today. the school year is starting in the seneca unified school district today. being ready for the school year was tough for trace elementary school. just a month ago there was a fire that caused a lot of damage, destroyed about half the classrooms there. administrators rushed to get things fixed, now the school is ready to open and on time. coming up, bob redell will show us how the school did it. >> san jose is having budget problems and recent actions by a form fire captain does not help. mark skeen was fired for filing improper travel expenses, lime limo rides, oceanview rooms in hawaii and falsified airline ticketsment he is a pension fund trustee and billed the retirement fund $6300 in travel expenses. he apparently has repaid all of the money. >>> three shootings in three hours have oakland police on the hunt for a gun

christie smith joins us live from oakland with one of the people forced to leave. the image burned into the minds of so many people. seeing people stuck on the roofs of their home, hoping just for a bit of help. you actually talked to one of these people. >> reporter: he was stranded on a roof top for three long days on day two he knew he wasn't getting help, so he had to dive into the murky water and try to find food for his family. he said it was awful, filled with oil. he finally found some food in a store that was flooded about a quarter of a mile away. along the way he says he saw people stuck on roof tops begging for help. eric butler was stuck there with 17 families. he said he got down finally when the water receded. a rescue crew eventually got the family out of oakland, a place they had never been before. a day after katrina, he said it was partly sunny, and then he looked outside, saw his dire under water, in no time the levees broke, that's when the first floor of his apartment complex was flooded. they had no time to move. here in the bay area he descr

christie smith. nbc bay area news. >>> at least 60 people are dead, they were killed after a massive bomb rocked downtown baghdad. we have been watching this one from the newsroom. scott mcgrew has been gathering the latest details. what can you tell us? >> we have not heard about american fatalities, but about 1,000 people were lined up at an iraqi army recruiting center when a suicide bomber detonated his bomb. that happened around 7:30 this morning baghdad time. beyond this awful body count, it's a blow for iraq's leadership as it tries to get a handle on security ahead of this american withdrawal. we will continue to monitor this. especially if we hear about any american casualties. we'll let you know right away. >> definitely a setback. thank you very much. >>> today mortgage companies and government heavyweights will talk about how much more of our money should go into saving the system. that talk in washington comes as more homeowners face foreclosure. here in the bay area mortgage delinquenci

reporting live near walnut creek, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, christie meantime, the sheriff's office stress that people should always lock their doors and windows and not open doors to strangers. call police if you see anyone or anything suspicious. here's a number for the walnut creek police department, 925-943-5844. >>> a controversial new way to enforce gun control maybe coming to san francisco. supervisor wants to make it easier to trace bullets bought and sold in the city. the chronicle says mikhail pier is working with the city's attorney's office to create legislation that would closely monitor handgun ammunition. it would require vendors to keep a log of who's buying what. it would also block ammo from being bought or sold online. opponents say it effectively violates the second amendment's right to bear arms. >>> big news from cisco could help drive the markets. we want to check in with scott mcgrew to tell us why. >> cisco system reports its profits after the closing bell. we certainly look to that bell in san jose to see how the tech world is

christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> and thankfully, we do none of the above, right, christie? >> reporter: absolutely. >> you may be surprised at just how dangerous distracted driving is. research shows from 2008, slightly more than 20% of all crashes in that year involved some type of distraction. nearly 6,000 people died in 2008 in crashes involving a distracted driver. more than half a million were hurt. younger, inexperienced drivers around 20 years old have the highest proportion of distraction, and despite the push for drivers to use handheld devices, those who do are more than four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to hurt themselves. >>> new this morning, three people are recovering after two separate stabbings in san jose. the first stabbing happened around 7:30 last night outside a taco bell restaurant at payne avenue and south winchester boulevard. there someone stabbed a 19-year-old man who is now in critical condition as well as a 17-year-old boy. the second stabbing happened around coleman drive and story road. san jose police say both stabbings

i'm christie smith, that story just ahead. >> thanks for joining us.ris sanchez, in for laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. wanting to look at mike and the morning commute. >> an accident happened on the commute direction, 580 in livermore. sounds like a minor accident. no injuries reported. westbound 580 at airway. i won't put it on the map unless i see a slowing or disturbance. a 14-minute drive coming through livermore. sunol, some folks might take 680 from the dublin interchange, a light flow of traffic here. ria, do you think the clouds will make it across the water today? >> they shouldn't, it should be clearing before they get that far. summer is hopefully around the corner. we've had colder temperatures, feeling more like january than august, but that's changing beginning today. right now still cool, in the low to mid 50s, things will be getting to the 70s and possibly 80s inland later on. more coming up in the full forecast. >>> a big decision on gay marriage in california is expected later on this morning depending on what a judge says,

christie smith is live in oakland this morning. what is planned for today?er: good morning to you. hasani campbell was reported missing behind that shoe store that you see there across the street. this afternoon there is a rally planned. it's being organized by a woman who never met the little boy. there ises a a planned meeting with the district attorney in alameda county. sherry lynn miller owns a print shop out of san leandro. and she searches for missing people. she distributed flyers, t-shirts, organized ground searches for the 5-year-old over this past year. today she says that she and a county supervisor will meet with the d.a. to try to get direction on any new searches or if there's anything new that may lead to an arrest. there will be a rally before that meeting, she says, at 2:00 outside of the d.a.'s office. the foster father and his then fiancee were initially arrested but then released due to lack of evidence. oakland police say the case is still open but there is nothing new. the lead investigator will be discussing the case this morning a bi

i'm christie smith, we'll have answers straight ahead. ad >>> a teenage robbery suspect is in critical condition this morning after an off-duty irs agent shot him overnight. life pictures from the bayview district. two teenagers approached the female agent as she was getting some things out of her car, she didn't know she was an irs agent and was armed. they were robbing her at gun point, but she pulled out her own gun and shot one of the suspects. >>> now that oakland's mayor ron dellums is not running for re-election, three candidates have thrown their hat into the ring for the race. christie smith is live in oakland to see if voters recognize the faces in the race. it's been interesting hearing you talk to people. >> reporter: it has. you know, i have to tell you, the short answer is no. now that dellums is out, we've been talking with people this morning asking them if they know the top three contenders, most don't. a couple minutes ago we did find one man who was pretty close. he was able to name two out of three of the top contender

christie smith has a look at how people can pitch in. christy? >> first, let's just say that officer todd young is said to be improving. he underwent another surgery to repair his bladder. he is still in intensive care this morning at highland hospital in oakland. we are last told he was listed in stable but critical condition. officer young is expected, as you said to have even more surgeries later this week. young was shot while trying to arrest 20-year-old andrew barrientos on a domestic violence charge this weekend. people waited up to two hours to give blood for young yesterday. bob wasserman said this is the first officer to be shot in the line of duty in fremonfremont's 54-year pb history. >> it's something we don't want to see happen. we will hope it doesn't happen again for another 50 years. >> reporter: barrient os run fo from the law ended from the law ended this weekend. if you want to help out or give blood, the blood centers are open in pleasanton, san jose and fremont. officer young's wife has been by his side the entire time. he a

reporting live from oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> all right.ollow the run for the new mayor of oakland coming up. >>> two teenage would-be robbers picked on the wrong woman. they tried to take on a federal agent. bob redell is live at marlon court where the shooting took place around midnight. was the suspect armed? >> reporter: that's what we are being told. this was a federal agent who works for the irs. we just confirmed new information, that agent is a woman who lives in this housing development at kirkwood and coral. around midnight, she was off-duty, came out to get something out of her car at this parking lot here, that's when two teenage men approached her. they were robbing her at gun point when she drew her own weapon and shot one of the teens in the stomach. it does not sound like the suspects were able to shoot back. here is one of those suspects being wheeled into sf general. last report had him in critical condition. the other teen took off, but was caught not far from here. he is in police custody. the agent was not hurt. we unde

i'm christie smith. coming up, we'll introduce you to her, tell you her story and how you can help. >>> and there's more than just a caption attached to pictures you send from your phone. we'll show you the hidden information about yourself you are putting on the internet. >>> welcome back to the broadcast. time is 6:43. you're watching nbc bay area morning news with a look at the golden gate bridge this morning. not as foggy as it has been recently, but still we're going to stay in this cooler summer trend. >> no complaints here. >>> president barack obama made a campaign promise to bring troops home from iraq and now nearly two years since his election, the left is looking for the president to make good on that pledge, but a suicide bombing which killed 60 people is causing some to wonder whether this is the right move in the long-term. nbc bay area's kristen dahlgren is looking at both sides of the argument from capitol hill this morning. good morning, kristen. >> reporter: hey, good morning, kris. as

reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> is interesting for us. it comes down electronically, all of the anticipation, and it's just an electronic transmission, right? >> absolutely. that's what we are hearing, is that people are basically going to be looking at their blackberries starting at 9:00 this morning because it's not like someone walks out and hands this decision out. it's -- we're in the age of technology. it's going to come electronically. >> all right. nice thing is that folks can access it wherever they are. thank you. >> absolutely. >>> cities all across the bay area are ready to hand out marriage licenses if that stay is lifted. now, we spoke to san francisco assessor phil ting who says 150 volunteers are already gearing up for same-sex marriages at city hall. he said if all the documents are in order, he will issue marriage licenses as soon as that stay is lifted. >> we are excited that the happy, loving couples will be given the opportunity to get married if the stay is lifted. we are would open the doors of city hall and welcome

christie smith is live this morning in oakland.decision could really effect service cuts which effects riders. riders have had a tough time lately. >> reporter: they have. you know, there's a couple of schools of thought on this. many people believe it's the union, and if they win in court this could ease some delays that riders have been dealing with in the east bay for nearly two weeks now since ac transit imposed a work contract that apparently includes some big changes to schedules and rules for bus drivers. the agency says about 20% of the drivers have been failing to show up for work in a sick-out. the union says those numbers are inflated and that some drivers may not be showing up because of safety issues or other concerns. now, on friday, an alameda county superior court judge listened to arguments on both sides of the issues. the union is asking for an injunction asking ac transit not to impose the contract. negotiations were stalled last month and arbitration is expected to start august 20th. reporting live in oakland, c

as a teenager, christi says holidays were the worst. >> i was devastated to be there at all let alone on christmas. >> reporter: imagine her surprise when santa showed up on christmas day. >> it was so nice just to know that people actually cared about us having a good christmas because you wouldn't think so, because obviously we did something wrong. >> reporter: santa is jerry gulick. he gives out donated teddy bears to kids as young as 11. >> you know, they say things like i can take this to bed with me because i have no one else. heavy stuff. >> reporter: for years, jerry has decked the hall in martinez with christmas spirit. but the oil refinery operator is a familiar face all year round. >> when you showed up, it was like somebody cares. >> reporter: jerry's first volunteered at juvenile hall as part of a church singles group

nbc bay area's christie smith is live in berkeley with how you can catch what's called "a day late in oakland." good morning. >> good morning to you. zachary stauffer made this documentary when he was a uc berkeley student. this was part of his masters thesis, "a day late in oakland." it walks us through what happened in this horrible murder of journalist chauncey bailey. good morning. can you tell us -- people in the bay area have followed this story. what is your specific story about? what will they learn? >> my story is about two people, chauncey bailey and yusuf bey senior and their visions for the black community in oakland. one is a reporter who wanted to cover the black community, one wanted to develop businesses and opportunities apparently. basically we follow those two paths, start at that place and follow them until they intersecting. >> your black muslim bakery is in many ways a hard organization to get into, to get information from. how did you go about trying to get interviews and what turned out of it? >> you know, i called people that i could, phone numbers that i coul

christie smith is live in oakland this morning. the decision could effect service for riders. >> that's right. this decision has to do with a contract that was imposed on ac transit bus drivers. we have been speaking with riders this morning, they are hoping whatever happens it will ease the delays they've been dealing with for almost two weeks now. today a judge will decide on the union's request for an injunction preventing the transit agency from continuing to impose a contract at least until an arbitrator can decide this whole dispute. ac transit imposed a contract when negotiations failed in mid-july, and since then about 20% of their drivers are not showing up each day. the union says that number is really too high. we spoke with one rider this morning who says he just wants to see it over and he doesn't have a lot of sympathy. >> because at least they got a job. you know, i think they just need to sit there and come to an agreement and just get on to wor work. >> it's getting old? >> yes. they got a job. i mean, can't sit th

i'm christie smith.up, an oakland man who is both a victim and a success story. >>> good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. it is tuesday, august 3rd. we want to get you going on the road this morning. checking in with mike. something in the south bay now. >> disabled vehicle blocking one lane here at brokaw, and 101. that's the eastbound brokaw ramp. watch for that should have a crew out there to help this person off of the roadway or help the car off the roadway. the construction zone we talked about and the slowing that has cleared from 101 and the rest of the commute route looking nice. southbound a light volume of traffic. heading south over the summit, yesterday quite a bit of fog over highway 17. maybe the same today. >> cloudy skies today, on highway 17 you will run into low clouds and mist, including the golden gate bridge commute. fog across the mid-span. 50s everywhere for the morning. lunch time low 80s popping up inland. even near 90 out towards the

today, christie fired his education chief saying he got bad information.was extremely disappointed to learn that the videotape was not consistent with the information provided to me" he said? a written statement. "i regret this mistake was made." a major embarrassment for the rookie governor widely viewed as a rising republican star. >> people go to the videotape now. there's very little that can't be verify sod if you're a public official and you're going to say something controversial, you better make sure there haven't a videotape out there contradicting you. >> reporter: a public lesson on the importance of doing your home work in the age of modern media. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. fiber and whole grain... making him a great contender in this bout... against mid-morning hunger. honey nut cheerios is coming in a little short. you've got more whole grain in your little finger! let's get ready for breakfaaaaaaaaaast! ( ding, cheering, ringing ) keeping you full and focused with more than double the fiber and whole grain... in every tasty bite --

christie smith is live in richmond with more on how police will enforce this new law. >> reporter: a lot of this is up to the discretion of the specific patrol officer. if they find a student out during class time hours, they can opt to return that student to class or they can cite that student for violating the daytime curfew. police are saying on any given day in richmond about 100 students just fail to show up to class. they end up in parks, skate parks and often fall victim to crime. the last truancy sweep in march netted 425 kids who were not in school here in richmond. the curfew is for unsupervised minors who are not in school 30 minutes after school begins. basically instead of officers being tied up for an hour trying to find a parent or a place for the student to go if they were out in the past, two non-profits are serving as drop-offs. >> that will be a drop-off center for the officers to take the students to drop them off and they can get services they need at those two centers. >> reporter: the fines can go all the way up to 500 bucks. but $50 is more likely. there are e

christie smith live in redwood shores with new information. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. i spoke with a supervisor out here who tells me while the whole thing is not picked, they basically stopped the flow of raw sewage into the streets and garages here. what's happening it they have gotten five of these large trucks out here centrally working now as the sewage system because the water to the homes around here has not been turned off. what this means is if you use your toilet or garbage disposal, these trucks are sucking up the waste that would be working in the sewage system if it were working. the spill started yesterday around 3:00 near anchor circle. it was flooding the street and about six garages here. the sewage also spread redwood shores lagoon. there was a red code notice, warning people to stay away from the spill, to avoid potential health risk. so don't have any contact with the spill or the water in the lagoon. also depibd tbehind the homes h they're working on the main pumping station. they're telling me they'l

christie smith is there live with a look at the progress.or you, a smell. >> reporter: good morning to you. i can tell you you can certainly still smell it. the good news is there is progress to worth. that leak appears to have been capped. we're not seeing any of the street flooding that was a problem here last night. it appears to have been capped. it was running into garages that you see across the street. about a half dozen of them. that's where the focus has been this morning. the raw sewage spill began yesterday, about 3:00 p.m. near anchor circle due to a broken valve. to make matters worse, the sewage was running into redwood shores lagoon which is behind these homes. the public works department put out a warning to residents in the area to stay away from the spill and don't have contact in the water in the lagoon to avoid potential health risks here. how much sewage was released is unclear. we're told someone from the public works department could be out here within the next hour. we have to bring an update for you. reporting live,

christy. >> good morning. the issue here is whether this trial should be moved out of alameda county altogether. can the accused killers get a fair trial here, given all the intense media publicity surrounding the killing of journalist chauncey bailey? consider this, that this hearing has been postponed at least four times and the case has been anything but straightforward with attorneys coming in and out of the case. lawyers, your black muskly becamery has been massive and pervasive news coverage. we were among the first news crews on the scene the day that chauncey bailey was shot and killed on his way to work near downtown oakland. bay is accused in ordering two other shootings. attorneys argued that a survey of 400 potential jurors argued that 70% of those who even recognize the case already think bay is guilty. prosecutors think that all of this is premature. there will be a brief hearing to arrange the hearing on the change of venue motion which is expected on tuesday and wednesday. reporting live in oak

christie smith is live in berkeley this morning.he has a look at that new documentary called "a day late" in oakland. she has a look at what we can expect. >> reporter: good morning to you. this was and still is a huge story in the bay area, the broad daylight killing of journalist chauncey bailey in oakland. zachary stouffer was a masters student at uc berkeley at the time and made a 30-minute documentary about this. can you talk about what it's about? this is a story with a lot of legs and it goes in a lot of directions. >> this was a film i started after the murder of chauncey, a local story, one that i wanted to do. so i picked up on this one. it's not so much about the investigation of who committed the crime. the cops had their time. this is more of a story of two gu guys. we had chauncey bailey, a reporter who wanted to cover the bay yarea, and it follows those two paths until they intersecting. >> are there people in this that we have to the heard from before? those that followed the story? >> i have an interview with chaunc

christie smith is live in oakland where the fair will be held later today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you're in the market for a job, perhaps time to get those pens out. this is happening at participating mcdonald's locations across the bay area it is a one-day event, as you said, part-time position and manager positions. up to $1,000 jobs in a day. each owner/operator will decide how the interview also happen. some starting at 10:00, some earlier. some in three-hour intervals. the benefit of this, in addition to having a job, is that some employees who work just 20 hours a week can, in some instances, qualify for certain benefits and health insurance plans. with the latest unemployment numbers, this could be a hot ticket today. unemployment in the south bay at 11.4%. 10.5 in the north bay and east bay. you'll want to make sure to call ahead to the mcdonald's restaurant you want to go to to make sure they are participating. you can also apply online. christie smith. nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> today mortgage companies and golf. heav

christie smith is live in oakland, one of those cities where the budget axe cut dozens of police officers from the streets. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. lots of cuts here in oakland. i can tell you the new police chief is coming out visiting some of the parties, also the mayor. oakland is on the upswing with the national night out parties. this is the fifth year of growth. they'll have about 440 parties tonight across the city. it's a chance for neighbors to come out, form watch groups and get to know each other. here with me is daniel tran. i thought it was interesting, one statistic we are reading is homicides are down, burglaries are down, but you were the victim more than once of being robbed. can you tell us about the latest incident? it was really just for 20 bucks. >> yeah. i was coming home from my friend's house late saturday night. pretty much got to my door. two men approached me, held guns to my head and demanded money. pretty much gave them money. that's all they asked for. i consider myself lucky. >> reporter: absolutely. you were telling us earlier you were in w

reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> amazing. thank you very much. >>> it is gadget friday. we love that around here. >> i have it right here. look at this. >> oh. it's rather large. >> it is. >> this part of it is. this is the gadget? >> it's called -- >> it looks like you were woodworking. >> the peep hole viewer, it's an lcd panel, helpful for the elderly. so you pretend it's the door. you can actually see through the peephole. we have a little video of what it looks like here. that's a regular peep hole. you put the viewer over the top, about 100 bucks, and you can see who's at the door. who is at the door? i don't know. he looks suspicious. it seems fairly ridiculous to put a tv set on your door, but the company says when it comes to things like the elderly who have trouble seeing that very small image, let's say it's dark in it the hallway -- >> you don't even have to be elderly. i like to not think of myself yet as. >> it is tough to see that the other thing is apparently sometimes you can tell someone is home because the

christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> scott budman has a cool assignment this morning.e's a cool cat himself. he joins us live from downtown san jose this morning. good morning. >> scott, look at that. are you there? >> hi. >> can you hear us? >> yes. >> i can't believe you're in that fancy car. >> yes, i can hear you. we were a bit distracted in our $110,000 tesla car. we wanted to show this and how we roll in the south bay. they brought the show to the south bay and they said bring something cool and high-tech. i'm here with vinny. did we do a good job? >> i like the car a lot. it's not something i have in my budget, but -- >> you radio guys make all sorts of cash. >> this is impressive. we have not had a chance to take it for a spin. >> that's next. i promise. >> we are upstairs broadcasting, doing our show live. san jose is a big part of our audience. i live right up the street, so -- >> okay. >> i'm stoked to be doing a broadcast here and glad to have you guys come out with the car. tell us about it. what do we need to know? >> you need to know as cool as it is tha

christie smith is live at golden gate park which will be full of music this weekend.>> we are standing on the polo field. i have to tell you, this is absolutely huge. i want to step aside so you can see it. this is what i would consider the small stage based on what we have seen out here this morning. those white tents down there i see the words heineken and wine. that's the alcohol area. there's another huge stage that goes on past those trees that you see there. it's everything would want in a weekend. music, food, wine, art, the highlight is the live music. really too many acts to name. 31 restaurants, but much more to it they have an eco theme going on. very san francisco. people encouraged to forgo the plastic water bottles for an aluminum one. also complimentary valley bike parking to keep it safe. also an app for downloading and planning your schedule. parking will be tight around here even on a good day, so that biking might be a good option. something to note, the panhandle stage, this is interesting, is totally solar. those panels power everything from the l

. >>> new jersey governor chris christy says he has responsibility for a clerical error that may have been in grant money. but as linsey davis reports, he is also taking aim at the obama administration. >> this is our race to the top application. >> reporter: the larger than life governor of new jersey, chris christie, is on a tear. >> does anybody in washington, d.c. have a lick of common sense? >> reporter: what if you were responsible for making a mistake that cost all the students in your state to lose out on $400 million? that's what happened to a mid-level new jersey state official. they made a simple but costly mistake on an application for federal money. >> are you guys just down there checking boxes like mindless drones? >> reporter: yesterday, the department of education announced the ten states that will split $4.5 billion. they're all winners of round two in the race to the top school reform grant competition. new jersey finished 11th. it could have happened to anyone. the governor of new jersey is quick to point out, they only made a mistake on one of the pages. 1 out of

nbc bay area's christie smith is live in contra costra county this morning with more on what you need to look out for to try to get this guy off the street. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. a lieutenant from the contra costra county sheriff's department is out here talking about common sense things that women can do. because this guy apparently keeps going to this complex behind me, but day don't know if he will move or not or if it is, indeed, the same person. they can tell us that there have been three sexual assaults or at least attempted sexual assaults within the last few weeks. this is happening at the park regency apartments here on oak road in unincorporated walnut creek. now, the latest incident happened at 8:30 in the morning just yesterday. a 25-year-old woman was woke up to find a man with his hand over her mouth. she was threatened, but she was able to struggle and get away. in that case, the front door, we know, was locked. it's possible this is tied to two other incidents here. a rape on july 6th. a woman woke up to find a man in her bedroom. in that case

>> zillow.com. >> reporter: that's the latest from here, reporting live from oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> attempts to permanently seal the broken well in the gulf of mexico are moving forward this morning. bp says the bottom kill is now underway. engineers will spend this week drilling the final leg of the relief well. when it intersects with the blown-out well, then bp can ing through more mud and cement into it. the company says that once that is done, oil will not be able to league into the ocean ever again. bp says it has spent $6.1 billion responding to the spill. >>> we are still waiting to find out if same-sex marriages can resume across the state. there is a stay in place while last week's overruling of proposition 8 is appealed. a decision is not expected until later this week. >>> drilling the fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel in the east bay starts in a few hours. it is expected to cost $420 million, but when it's finished in three years it may not improve the commute for most bay area drivers. the fourth bore means it will only ease traffic for the rev

i'm christie smith. we'll have the latest on his condition and how you can help. >> two years later, the family of a young fairfield city councilman gunned down in the streets may finally see the gunmen pay for the crime.

things are better than two or three years ago, that's the overall message. >> reporter: christie smithc bay area news. >> bay area home values inched up, the national median fell 3.2% over last year. >>> tomorrow marks a full year since ha sanny campbell disappeared off an oakland street. he was last seen sitting in a parked car sitting outside a shoe store. citizens for the lost society, that's a group of supporters who have organized searches and vigils and fundraisers since the little boy's disappearance will meet to discuss new leads. threw weeks after he disappeared, they arrested his foster father and mother but the district attorney did not file charges and the couple was released for insufficient evidence. >>> if you're driving on highway 80 this week, expect delays. every night until friday california department of transportation crews will repaf the roads from dixon to davis. closed from 7:00 in the evening until 5:00 next morning. construction should be done by the end of the year. for updated information, visit pave 80.com. >> there is a new viral video on the internet toni

he lived it. >> it woke me up to the good and bad of america. >> reporter: christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> the spirit of perseverance and survival. >> that storm changed so many lives. >> amazing. >> five years. all right. jeff ranieri is at it again. he's at london square tonight. >> at the eat real festival. i like the title. what does that mean, eat real? >> eat real local food here in oakland. i had my fill of it tonight. there's going to be more eating coming my way. we are in the center of all the action back here behind us. not only food, but music. a live band, even a deejay earlier. take a look at this line. this line is all for filipino food at the bun truck. it is all about the unique flavor of food from filipino food to mexican food. it's all $5 and under, a spectacular event. this event actually started with anya. you are the event founder. >> that's true. >> what is that? >> amazing pulled pork sliders. the pork was smoked 24 hours from jim and rick barbecue in alabama. >> tell us about what time people can come out and how much it is if there is any cost. >> it's to

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by and only pay $4 after that of five it jumps to $6 an hour ago of a full update on weather and christie us about the weather in the bay area today and over the next few days. welcome back, a top stories we're following at this hour police are searching for two suspects in the shooting that is one that dead in san francisco's tenderloin district. he deals coming up. the government is supreme court is allowing the government to a new system of her overall fridays. the warner rock reaches a major milestone as a last of combat troops leave the country more and the stories in a moment. first let us get a check on whether with christie. >> you can certainly see warmer conditions they compared the last few days we will call rate down moving into the weekend. stager day to go outside and enjoy that warm weather. widespread fog this morning throughout the big, slight warming to day but still keeping the temperature is below average this is in the story to rare summer here in the bay area. widespread fraud here in the 5:00 hour, you can see it blanketing the bay area hanging tight through 7:00, p

reporting live in golden gate park, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. sounds like lots of fun out there. lots of fun happening in the south bay music-wise as well. >> yeah. we are on the music theme, and nbc bay area is sponsor of the 23rd annual san jose jazz festival. one of the guys playing is ben flood, the saxophonist. thanks for coming by and talking to us. >> thanks for having me. >> i know it's early for jazz guys. >> usually a late-night thing. >> we were joking you usually get in now. when did you start playing? tell us about your experience and your group. >> i started playing back in middle school. i had a great teacher that got me excited about music. last semester i graduated from ha san jose state. the group is comprised of alumni from san jose state and students. a lot of them have gone out to pursue music in new york, and now are coming back to play at the festival. >> talk about the san jose jazz festival. how it stacks up. the type of people we can see and the music we will hear. >> it's top notch. the wonderful thing about the san jo

christie smith is live in danville with what happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. danville police are calling this a tragedy and an unfortunate accident. they say a 19-year-old was somehow on the outside of an suv, fell off that suv and died. now, this morning, danville police are interviewing witnesses, so detailed are still coming in. but they tell me that -- the chief, i just got off the phone with him, he said alcohol does not appear to be a factor with the driver. they say there may be miscommunication here, that what appears to have happened is that this 19-year-old was outside of the car, when some acquaintances pulled up and then he made the decision to try to hurry up and get inside that car. rather than stunt riding, he was trying to hurry up and get in the car, he jumped on the car and that's when he fell and died. it was around 11:50 when this happened. at first police weren't sure if this was horse play or what. >> we are working off what statements were given to us by witnesses that he was holding on to the side of the car, maybe holding on to the roo

russian don't react to is being closely monitored you won't see it once told that the star producing a christie will be in the can be a. big government says it will have the final say on the fate of the lead russian arms do that because. that's all from an escape route and has to be extradited to the it's decision day as political. defeat for inspectors review whether russia is better suited to perform company twenty. two another bit is the strongest feature india went in the decision which will be announced on december the second in syria. while the oil spill in the gulf of mexico has cost billions of dollars to clean up but the true cost to the environment isn't well she looks now it's whether the black gold is worth such a high price. the explosion of one. of mexico's done the entire world according to various estimates six to fifteen million liters of oil clues to the water each day for three and a half months in the soviet union underground nuclear explosions were used to deal with leaking whelps they stem the flow of oil within a short period of time. nuclear explosion is safe and very ef

nbc bay area news' christie smith shows us the mess and the work that's still ongoing. >> reporter: the rattle of heavy equipment drowned out the beauty of redwood shores lagoon, and the smell -- >> yucky stuff, yeah. right. who wants sewage all around your house, you know? >> reporter: or worse, inside six garages after an eight-foot sewer pipe broke yesterday flooding the lane. the flee is temporarily stopped, be, out front today a merry-go-round of vacuum trucks. >> what they do is they -- they sucked it out, suck the wet well down, and then they will go downstream, further downstream and put it back into the sewer system where it goes to the wastewater treatment plant. >> reporter: sort of a makeshift sewer as people continue to shower and flush. last night emergency calls went out to residents warning them to have no contact with the spill. tom fernandez came to see for himself because, he says, there was undergroundwork done here recently. >> it raises a question in my mind, is the failure related to recent work or something else? >> it should not have had anything to do with it.

christie's auction house reports sales are up over 18% over last year with 43% of the sales coming from asia. >>> roger clemens faces the music, the halos spank the sox, and a multitalented college football coach. >>> plus, the bronx bombers prove they can also do it with their gloves. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> as we head into the weekend, the temperatures will be the big story. you could see some near record highs. your weekend forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." sweet n' sour filled twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, as we told you earlier, the rocket has landed in hot water as legendary pitcher roger clemens now faces federal charges related to steroid use. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi, there. good morning. roger clemens is one of the biggest names in baseball to be linked with performance-enhancing drugs. in 2008 he took the stand and said this to a congressional committee. >> let me be clear. i have

we have to fix it. >> reporter: in dublin, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> that's a ridiculous nightmare to have to endure. just ridiculous. >> it can take years to get this stuff off your record. >> people have no shame. >> that's for sure. >>> all right, jeff, let's talk about the weather. happier things here. >> totally. we like our credit scores to be high, right? but the numbers in the weather, we like them low around here in the bay area. you know, it is below average here for a lot of us, but it's not too bad. let's take a look, let's put some perspective on this mild air we've been seeing for the past three weeks. some of the highlights. the coolest july ever in san jose when you average in the high and the low happened last month, so that's one of our highlights. santa rosa now in the top five coolest summers so far at 77.1 for your average and oakland right now, we do have some haze out here but a lot of fog also already moving in from san francisco. pretty aggressively right now. currently 56 in san francisco. those are the kaunt i've kiind temperatures we typically

kevin kouzmanoff hits one half- way to corpus christi. a's win 4-2 and pull within half a game of the rangers. >>> with the season opener two weeks from today it is uncertain whether or not the raiders will have their new quarterback and running back healthy enough to play. bush broke his thumb on the final carry of the game and the quarterback has a wrist problem that the coach says is little more serious than the stepping they are thought it was. >> thank god, we don't think it's going to be really really see service just, but in the meantime it's something we've got to take care of. >> it's just a hand. i mean hopefully i'll be back, a hand to a leg is totally different. i broke my legs, i popped back from that, i'll do the same from this. >> final round bark jays in jersey. tiger woods finished with a 4 under 6712th place. ar ton laird needed to ink this putt to win, the nerves got the best of him, and that forces a playoff. there is his fiance. that setup a playoff between laird and that man, matt kuchar, on the first playoff hole ar

game they kept attacking and the crease to lead to as much as forty two points as the team so team christi and head coach barry sokolsky and in the fourth quarter the new boss decided to put his roots to the test who were eager to show there was a place in the missional team seventy eight forty one was the final score an easy win for russia. both first of all we showed our true abilities today little by little after every friendly the players are starting to know each other's game and it's getting better. as the polish have a very young team and their main aim is preparing for the european championships under ground eleven they have had more practice and that's why they had the advantage of playing against for us in the last quarter so we shouldn't lose ground on developing our young players. sokolowski is in charge only for a month but the players have already noticed new positive elements from working with him. back to almost everything changed tactics come the nation's defense even the philosophy of training knots of players handle rising grass with this had coach however we still need

the a's would combine to hit 5 railroads this weekend, kevin kouzmanoff hits one half-way to corpus christi, the a's win 8- 2, they pull to within 7 1/2 games of the rangers. but the season opener just two weeks from today it is uncertain whether or not the raiders will have their starting quarterback and running back healthy enough to play. michael bush broke his thumb on his final carry of the game and jason campbell has a right wrist injury that tom cable says is more serious than the stinger that knocked him out of last night's gym. >> in the heat of the battling so it got a lot worse, felt worse at the time it happened. thank god. we don't think it's anything going to be really really serious but at the same time it's something we have to take care of before the season starts. >> just a hand, i mean hopefully i'll be back, a hand to a leg totally different. i broke my leg, i with a bounced back, i'll do the same from this. >> final round of the barkleys in jersey. tiger finished with a 4 under 67 for 12th place. his best finish since june. martin laird needed this putt to win the tourn

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