. >> that was jessica geary reporting. the professor hopes that she is wrong, we will hear from the students about when they found when they return in mid july. >> the sights and sounds of brazilian life. the slums of rio and getting to know the local people. >> jessica geary will be going to rio to bring us live updates from the games every day. >> a fire that destroyed an apartment builting in the east bay. the flames were so big you could see them from the golden gate bridge. . a live report on what crews saw when they arrived this morning. >>> all is lost and there is nowhere to go. a severe fire in the east bay grew so fast it affected my near townhouses as well. >> and an apartment building that was under construction. >> it took about 100 firefighters to put out that fire. many people lost all of their belongings. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is still under investigation. look behind me this is why you see there is just mess left behind. we have seen the structure collapse even more. now they are bringing in e

our own jessica geary will be headed to rio to cover the game. >> a battle of pokemon go. a michigan cemetery posted this welcome sign for players of the mega popular app. when players stream ed to the cemetery, they reportedly ignored people mourning their loved ones. family members of those buried there are not happy about it. >> you're walking all over them with wagons and carts and playing music like it's a big picnic area. this is graves. they're resting in peace. you have no business being here for that. >> those at the cemetery say they want to welcome pokemon go players, but they ask visitors to be respectful of where they are and mindful of anyone who might be grieving. >>> regional park in fremont opened just two months ago, but it closed after a judge said roads to the park were not wide enough to handle the influx of visitors. this stems from a 2012 court ruling which the park district agreed to upgrade the roads as part of a settle..ment with neighbors. the plan says it will appeal the closure. >>> it's not park you can go to, so forget about that one. but the

jessica geary is going to be headed to rio this summer. she's already got her bags packed. we're going to bring you live coverage from the olympics. >>> the cat found on the ice during a sharks game is spending fourth of july holiday with patrick marlo and his family. >> cool. marlo, of course, the forward for the sharks, his wife tweet they'd adopted the little black cat. the family adopted joe and her sister. joe's last name may be changing now from paw to marloeaux. >> kari is also tracking our holiday weekend forecast. >> looks like just in time for the fireworks in san jose. on monday we'll have beautiful weather and check out the rest of the forecast coming up. >> and we're looking at fremont. easy drive right now on the roadways and, note, they, we have b.a.r.t. closures into fremont over the weekend. we'll talk about that in just inside ten minutes and update san francisco weather. >>> plus, another story from the roads. a deadly tesla crash after the car's self driving feature failed to recognize an 18-wheel big rig. and an unsuspecting movieoerbruy there's caution

. >>> well now just 12 days away from the opening ceremony, or jessica geary will be heading to rio tooking forward to that as it inches closer here. finally it's getting closer, rob is joining us, it's going to be fun to see how the athletes do. all the different competitors we've been viewing. >> yeah, and we're watching the weather forecast as we go over the next 24 hours. you could see what to expect out in rio this time of years. numbers in the 70s and it's interesting, seven day forecast, of course it is winter in the southern hemisphere, you'll see that the temperatures will kind of go up and down as we go through the week. we have numbers in the mid-80s, tuesday and wednesday into rio. friday there's a chance of showers. that's for rio, not the bay area. temperatures in the 70s, nice and comfortable, those outdoor we'll have to watch closely for the chance of rain. 12 days away. to the start of the summer games here. now certainly hotter and much drier right now. 19% humidity, 99 degrees oh so close to 100 degrees right now. into oakland though, things are noticeably cooler, cl

jessica geary will bring us live reports throughout the olympic games. >>> still ahead, we investigate claims of racism and hazing in the san francisco fire academy. >>> and this weekend if you're headed to the beach, we have a strong risk for rip currents. we're back to talk about the forecast and get you through the rest of the holiday weekend coming up. >>> welcome back. 7:43. want to start you off with this shot from san francisco. we had fog earlier, but you can see it that cleared over the city. just a lot over the open waters and i think that is where it will stay. waking up to clear skies in the south bay and the try vali-vall looking at clear skies, as well. 55 in santa cruz and 52 half moon bay, 56 in san francisco. look at the highs later on. going to be much more comfortable than they have beenoff the past couple of days. we're getting out of the 90s but still manage 87 degrees for liver mond livermore, comfortable this oakland, up to 73, but again cool at the coastline from san francisco down towards santa cruz, we're only expecting low to mid-60s. so if you're headed to t

our own jessica geary is going to be packing her bags and anchoring our live coverage from rio throughout games. >>> baseball executive has been sentenced to prison for hacking the other team. >> skt mcgrew nearly four years. that's a long time. the judge ruling there's no hack in baseball. the st. louis cardinals chris ka rya pleaded gult to accessing a database owned by the houston astros. apparently an employee left the cardinals for the astros and as he left he turned in his company laptop the cardinals and told ka rya the password. >>> yahoo! made what we expect will be its final quarterly financial report. the very first thing that ceo marissa meyers said to analysts and press was, good afternoon, there will be no announcement today. no announcement as to whether yahoo! accepted a bid. so the news is no news. yahoo! took its final bids yesterday. the company's financials are both irrelevant yet somehow disappointing. >>> normally we would tell you -- we'd show you the start to have bell but we kind of like this guy. this is 50 seconds before the bell starts. the nasdaq music and he

jessica geary is going to be anchoring the coverage. >>> i don't know what the weather is like in riohe weather here is going to be very nice. >> it will be very nice. even though we will have to deal with the clouds early. we will see them clearing out as we go through the day. and comfortable, too. 57 degrees in san francisco. 61 degrees in the peninsula with highs there today reaching 76. upper 70s for the south bay. north bay, low 80s for the tri-valley and san francisco, 63 degrees. >>> breezy is one of kari's adjectives. >> breezy. i'll show you the map. we do have a crash east of 92. half monday bay. that's it for the bay. calm drive towards the bay bridge. san mateo bridge, slowing westbound of course. we expect that. and even that's a gentle slowdown. >> good. >> nice. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we will be back with you at 7:25 with more live local news. >> of course, join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. z >>> buenos dÍas. a hacer campaÑa. el presidente obama hace su primera apariciÓn en la campaÑa con hillary clinton en el disputado estado de carolina

jessica geary is going to be headed to rio to bring you live coverage from the olympics. >>> coming upa first of its kind pags. the deadly crash investigation putting self driving car technology in the spotlight. >>> and a highly debated vaccine bill going into effect today in the golden state. what this means for parents with kids. for joining us. i'm sam ock. =lra/4shot=and i'm laura garciat hope you're waking up in a good mood as we are. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. sglets you going to be cool weather this weekend. >> et cetelet's do it. >> great weather for the areas. head to the beach. have beautiful weather, much cooler than this week. now in the 50s. heading into the upper 80s today in the north bay and south bay. 70 in san francisco. i'll talk more about what to expect as we go into the fourth. that's coming up in a fuel minutes. mike says this morning is maybe a little bit lighter. friday light? >> lighter than a typical friday. a lot of folks get monday off. some folks taking friday off. yesterday's commute was tough if midday is where you will see traffic. righ

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