dr. william overton will take over as both principal and superintendent at spark charter school. this coming after a sexual assault investigation left three workers without a job last month. that includes jonathan chow who police say sexually assaulted a student. the school didn't know until after his arrest that almost none of the school's employees had been fingerprinted or background checked. >>> it is 5:. the best closing the gap. later today, san francisco mayor ed lee plan to launch a new statewide initiative campaign focused on income inequality. specifics of the plan are not well known but san francisco and oakland have some of the highest hourly living wage totals anywhere in the nation. sponsored the san francisco measure that will push the minimum wage there to $15 an hour. >>> kari hall has been watching the forces at play on her radar. very calm the last few days. >> nice ask calm. we do need some rain. a slight chance we could see that towards the end of the weekend. i'll tell you about that in a few minutes. let's check out what is happening right now. 57 degrees i

dr. william overton as the principal and superintendent after aallegations that an 8-year-old student was molested there. the school, at that time admitted it failed to complete background checks on employees and after checks, the school fired at accused molester, this man, as well as two other employees. >>> the family of a canadian woman killed in golden gate park is speaking tonight. what they have to say about their daughter's death. plus... >> this is more extreme. hot, hot, cold are cold. >> a fourth straight early wine harvest in napa. >>> the weekend draws nearer. temperatures climbing higher. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >>> a door to door salesman convince a woman to switch alarm companies but it costs because at&t and directv are offering yesterday's technology, today. tv from space. [whispered] space as long as it's not too rainy. [whispered] rainy or windy. [whispered] windy or there isn't a branch in the way. [whispered] branchy welcome to the moment no one's been waiting for. the fastest internet and the best tv experience is already here

dr. william overton as the principal and superintendent after aallegations that an 8-year-old student was molested there. the school, at that time admitted it failed to complete background checks on employees and after checks, the school fired at accused molester, this man, as well as two other employees. >>> the family of a canadian woman killed in golden gate park is speaking tonight. what they have to say about their daughter's death. plus... >> this is more extreme. hot, hot, cold are cold. >> a fourth straight early wine harvest in napa. >>> the weekend draws nearer. temperatures climbing higher. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >>> a door to door salesman convince a woman to switch alarm companies but it >>> we're hearing from the family of a canadian woman found dead in golden gate park over the weekend. she came here for the hardly strictly blue grass festival and was apparently killed sometime after the first day of music. >> this is a very sad story. we're told she a canadian tourist starting out a month-long trip through california. it ended here

dr. william overton. this comes after allegations surfaced in september that an 8-year-old student was molested there. the school fired the accused molester as well as two other employees. >> with predictions of a stormy el nino, preparing for a heavy rain. they've also been working only a pump station. as well as clearing the drains, the city is reaching out to the community to make sure people know what to do to stay safe in the event of heavy flooding. >> we certainly need heavy rain from this el nino. bu but we don't need the problems that we've seen around here. >> coming up, let's get our 5 0 accuweather update. >> i couldn't imagine a lovelier day. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. and you can see just how clear it is. there are some low clouds lingering well offshore. they'll start to make a move later this evening. right now, they'll look at clear skies. it's 67 degrees in san franci o francisco, san jose, 76 and 80 at morgan hill. 66 at half-moon bay. blue skies over the golden gate bridge rig

dr. william overton will take over as principal and superintendent at spark charter school. this comes after a sexual assault investigation left three workers without a job last month, including jonathan chow who police say sexually assaulted a student. the school claims it didn't know until after chow's arrest that nearly none of the employees at the school had been fingerprinted or had their backgrounds checked. >> a possible break in the case of an oakland muralist who was gunned down last week. police released the picture of someone they're calling a person of interest in the killing of ramos. ramos was shot and killed as he worked on a mural in the middle of the day. there was some dispute before that shooting but so far they have not been able to track down the gunman. >> there is new stunning information about the gunman in last week's oregon school shooting and how his mother may have fueled his fascination with guns. >> reporter: startling, new revelations about the mother of chris harper mercer. the shooter who killed nine people at umpqua community college last we

dr. william overton will take over as both principal and superintendent at spark charter school. this comes after a sexual assault investigation left three workers without a job last month, including jonathan chow, who police say sexually assaulted a student. the school claims it didn't know until after chow's arrest. and almost none of the school's employees were fingerprinted or background checked. >>> lightniinlightening things . temperature have remained fairly cool here, kari. >> as you rise and shine, expect a lot of sunshine as we go into the afternoon. still some low clouds this morning. that will gradually clear lunchtime and a high of 81 degrees can be expected today in los gatos. palo alto and up to 68 degrees and 85 degrees in fairfield and napa 85 degrees and 74 in oakland. in san ramon today up to 79 degrees. these temperatures feel comfortable. about average for the beginning of october, but does go back to summer as we especially head into saturday. i'll show you that coming up in a few minutes. let's check in now with mike. he's been so busy this morning. what is

dr. william overton takes over as principal and superintendent.to whether workers were properly vetted. school leaders claimed they had no idea their own employees hadn't received the legally required standard background econom checks. >>> let's check your weather. >> it will be in the lower 80s in the tri-valley. expect a mix of is up and cloud -- sun and clouds and on the peninsula a high of 76. less's see how the roads are moving with mike. >> i wish it was that pleasant on the roadways, but north 101, as it splits off of there, the rest is easing up. a late crash is causing more kind of a hang-up before they can clear that. the other crash is ellis has cleared but 237 still late in the clearup there because they're feeding off that dunbar bridge into the fremont side. meanwhile, bay bridge, traffic is not so bad. i want to show you the san mateo bridge, an earlier truck has cleared from the span. >> thank you. another local news update coming up in half an hour. see you then. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford