reporting live inside levi's stadium, ian cole, nbc bay area news. >> thanks very much. the next big question for gameday fans, how are the roads shaping up? let's get a check on the traffic. >> we are still more than two hours away from the game. but this can change any time. so let's take a look at the chopper image we have in this moment the area around the stadium, looking pretty much clear. but this can change any time. so let's take a look to our map. you can see 101 pretty much clear. 880, a little traffic backing up on 37. but your best bet for the game tonight, you can take the b.a.r.t. or even the caltrain. after that, enjoy a nice walk to the stadium. we are going to be back at 6:00 with another update. now back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> time now for a gameday forecast. for that, we turn to meteorologist rob mayeda. >> yesterday it was hot around the bay area. right now, the temperatures around the south bay running at least 6 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. at the stadium, 74 degrees. sunshine there. a few high clouds passing by i th

ian cole, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up next, the birthday bash at the smithsonian national zoo for a very special bear. >>> drivers of tesla's electric cars will soon have no problem getting through the sierra nevada. they plan to build a supercharger station on i-80. six stations have been delivered to truckee. tesla paid appropriate fees for the station. the company says stations provide the company's model "s" with a half charge in as little as 20 minutes. but it's free. >>> there was panda-monium in washington, d.c. today. it was the one-year birthday celebration for a giant panda. the zoo planned a full schedule of birthday events including serving her a frozen cake of fruit and sweet potato. her attempts to eat the treat went over well with the crowd that gathered to celebrate her birthday with her. many in the crowd were invited to try a noodle dish from china's sichuan province as part of the celebration. most of the giant pandas live in central china. >>> let's check in with rob mayeda right now. we have a celebration for a warm-up. >> everything outside looks great. for t

the stadium and hollywood lights come on. >> it should be a good year. >> reporter: in concord, ian cole>> will be a packed game. that's for sure. >> it's been in the national spotlight for 20 years now. >>> the weather should be quite fine for that. just very similar to the weather we're seeing outside this evening. weather wise things are calm, but earlier it wasn't the radar that was busy but the seismograph. 9:33 in the evening. a 3.8 quake. some of that shaking could have been felt near hollister. darcy in san martin messagingñr saying they didn't feel that quake that far north. you may have felt the shaking from that 3.8 earthquake a little earlier this evening. now we do have low clouds. no chance of monsoon showers right now. but what you can see, obviously san francisco got the low clouds. and the low clouds have punched pretty far inland here, even after 11:00. into napa, north bay, pretty cloudy day. and we will see low clouds in towards the tri valley and eventually spilling into the santa chair lara valley. some drizzle possible. hayward and oakland, up towards the hills, ma

let's begin with ian cole. sounds like fans are pretty impressed with the new dig. >> reporter: they were coming and going. the toilets work. the seats held. everything was great and fans said overall they had a great time! a day of first. first signs handed out at levi stadium. first food line and first crowd. >> this is an excellent environment. >> the fans entering the stadium traded for their first actual view. >> a lot of good sections. a lot of good food areas. >> reporter: photos upon photos upon selfies taken with everyone getting a first look and a first feel. >> making history. >> there were other firsts, too. nick gonzalez logged on to one of the hundreds of wi-fi spots. >> if i was trying to refresh this it wouldn't work at all and now, here, it's working. so, i love this place pore than candlestick so far. >> we're getting a hotdog? >> they used the phone to order food from concession stands. the levi stadium app allows queue to order pick up for no charge. it is a whole lot faster or for a $5 char

ian cole, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up next, a truly bizarre story. the slice of wedding cake that sold for more than $1,300 today. the price wasn't because of the ingredients but who ate the rest of that cake. i think you know now who did it 33 years ago. we'll explain. >>> you have to see this to believe this. this 33-year-old slice of cake from the wedding of prince charles and princess diana has sold at auction. the winning bid was more than $1,300. the los angeles auction house had the cake in that silver presentation box with a card stating, with best wishes from their royal highnesses, the prince and princess of wales. the buyer is a private collector. it was a dedicated group of royal cake collectors. and some have bid on cakes that date back to the days of queen victoria. >>> mixed electronic dance music and a love for sriracha hot sauce and what do you get? an electronic sriracha festival, of course. take a look at san jose's first sriracha electronic festival in st. james park. it is topped with the thai chili sauce. it was the brainchild o

ian cole, nbc bay area news. >> for the love of sports and hopefully to the love that lasts a lifetime good memories. if you're going to the game tomorrow, it's going to be warm. we had complaints last week where it was so hot. you know, tomorrow temperatures are going to be similar to last week's game. let's start off now, though, and look outside. we got the clouds clearing out, and, in fact, early for this time of day. we have to wait until 10:00 usually, but already seeing clearing in the san francisco and north bay as well. temperatures will be warm, summer-like. 70 in san francisco today, 70s along the peninsula, and 80s inland, south bay to the trivalley. that's the warmest locations with temperatures topping 90 near 90 degrees. let's go to the microclimate zones, and san jose at 96, morgan hill at 84 degrees, and palo alto at 8 1, and san francisco in the 70s, and heys valley at 66. santa rosa 82 today, and oakland 77 and trivalley, again, without a doubt, the warmest location. we have a couple events happening. one in danville. in fact, music in the park today, this evening, l

here's ian cole. >> reporter: blowing off steam comes in all forms. for adrian and kerry, it's not tv, the bar or the gym. it's gaming. their choice, league of legends, an online role player game where you and four others try to destroy another team's base. these two sometimes play the game for hours a day. >> it's not like i was nerdy to play the game. >> reporter: if you think it's rare for women to play video games like this, think again. a new report from the entertainment software association states women now make up 48% of all gamers. >> now that anyone can play it, there's more girls playing it. >> reporter: the game creators at ubisoft is looking at women. they developed assassins' creed. but they created just dance, a family-friendly hit. >> it was the number two selling game at christmas for the last three years in a row. and the user is primarily female. >> reporter: tony is the senior vice president of sales and marketing at ubisoft. it says more lead characters in games are women. >> i think that's helping bring more women into the space.

ian cole is inside the stadium there. a lot of new rules to contend with. you've seen a few rule breakers already? >> reporter: we did. we saw a few out in the parking lot. but once skeecurity came over a said, you can't do that, they were just fine. some fans pumped up for the game right here. fans filing in, taking pictures and selfies. they want to enjoy this experience. some people still outside tailgating even at this hour. many fans pumped up to see their quakes play in the first event here. some arrived five hours earlier. some wanted to see the logistics of getting in here. all of them happy to say they were there for the first event. >> seeing it from back of the day and to see this huge stadium here is pretty cool. i'm pretty excited. >> reporter: new tailgating policies, you were mentioning, you can't throw footballs or play sports in the parking lot anymore. these guys didn't care saying it's a tradition. now, i must say right now there are only a few thousand fans inside. but many of them pumped up for that first game. game time coming up. back

'ian cole, nbc bay area news. >> visitors caught without the proper permit. border patrol seized 20 giant afric african sent peeds. they had to take a closer look at the box from germany. the label said it was supposed to be a toy car. instead, agents found foot long bugs eating leaves. it's not illegal to ship exotic animals, but the box of bugs did not have the proper permit. still ahead, facebook's new experiment that makes you want to delete embarrassing posts. >>> waking up to sun in the south bay this morning, see plenty of warm conditions this weekend, even for the labor day, it's going to be hot. we'll talk about that coming up after this break. >>> you're watching "today in the bay." >>> looking looich at the golden gate bridge, fog lowered since we first showed you the picture 15 minutes ago. time now 7:16. dancing on tablings or odes to the exs. be careful what you post. online past may haunt you thanks to a new facebook feature. the social network is experimenting with a new search function letting facebook friends search for old updates with key