have to take buses, which we know can take a lot longer, or they might have to drive, which, as mike inouye would tell you, isn't always a faster option. we are going to try to talk with commuters. go to my twitter feed. i posted a poll whether you think that will be a problem for you or shifting from 4:00 to 5:00 is no big deal. in fremont, kris sanchez, "today in the bay". >> a lot of people probably have something to say about that. >> no doubt. 4:35. happening now firefighters searching for the cause of a mobile home fire that killed a man and two children in san jose. that fire started about noon yesterday at the golden wheel mobile home park near oakland. after the fire was out. the victim believed to be a grandfather, a granddaughter and her friend. they are devastated by what happened. >> kids were in there. >> very sad. the names of the victims are not being relessed at this time. >>> an east bay husband and wife from mexico are scheduled to be deported tonight, this after losing their last battle to stay in the united states. maria mendoza sanchez received the call last night from

at this point i have been in in contact with mike inouye as well, and because this is pretty far back in the strip mall parking lot it does not appear this will affect your morning commute. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> all right, kris, thank you for that update. >>> new this morning a reported abduction in oakland last night turns out to be false. this morning police are telling us there's no merit to the story. last night california highway patrol tweeted out they were looking for a suspect behind an abduction of a woman in oakland. oakland police are saying the alleged kidnapping did not happen in their city. also new this morning less than 24 hours after b.a.r.t. police arrested a suspect connected to two assaults at b.a.r.t. stations, it doesn't look like the crime interest there is actually slowing down. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joining us live from the b.a.r.t. station with more on the latest incident. at this time yesterday, pete, you were getting us ready for a press conference as they looked for a suspect. now more information. >> reporter: go

as you settle in and get ready for your workweek we do have a problem on the bay bridge that mike inouye is tracking. mi mike, what's the very latest? >> we learned about a crash that blocks your left lane as you're traveling westbound. your commute direction from oakland in to san francisco inside that tunnel there, the tunnel at the treasure island on ramp. they're impeded by the crash but so are folks on the freeway going through that tunnel. you're your left two lanes are blocked. stay over to your right if you're heading over there. right back to you. >> thank you for the very latest there. now we want to take you live to lake merritt b.a.r.t. station where b.a.r.t. officials are holding a news conference about two recent attacks at the b.a.r.t. station. >> these are the two latest attacks. these photos are being released right now. we're going to show you those in a sengd. we are looking at live pictures from the lake merritt station as we await more updates on the latest attacks on b.a.r.t. let's listen in and find out what b.a.r.t. officials are talking about, telling us about th

first to mike inouye who is tracking yet another crash in the south bay. tell us about it, mike. >>> this is complicating the situation. we have this sig alert which continues in san jose. most of the issue. the majority of rain now clear but north 101. look at the big jam just off 85. now 85 over is the alternate. 85 now has a crash. northbound right along the escape route at blossom hill shy of 87 causing a big problem now. up on the split. this is why there's even more traffic on the monterey highway and the capital expressway. those are the two options. one horrible who are dore coming had in through san jose. the rest of silicon valley moves well and the rest of the bay. i guess the better news, take a look outside at slow traffic and see pleasant weather, kari. >> it does feel nice out there. mostly cloudy skies. in san francisco where it's 60 degrees right now and heading into the low 90s for concord and antioch and some upper 80s for the tri-valley down to morgan hill. san jose up to 83 and 73 in oakland. san francisco today reaching 67 degrees. hea

. >> mike inouye is a dog. >> they've named animals after us. >> mine is a broody little cat. then i look and i also have a pit bull named after me, too. i don't know what that means. >> diversified. kari, you've worked the ice cream truck as well. >> it's really cool to get some free ice cream even if you're on the fence about getting an animal. i think once you go there and play with the pets for a little while -- >> i've adopted a little dog and he's just a sweetie. come on out. >> and do not blame the weather for not going because we have some great weather in the this weekend. it's going to be really nice. a little bit warm for some spots in the inland valleys. overall it looks like we'll have a very nice and quiet weekend. take a live look outside at emeryville now. busy but we don't have the dense fog we've seen recently. we have clear visibility. high temperatures today reaching into the low 70s in oakland, palo alto at 78 degrees. san jose a high today of 83 degrees. and 90 in livermore. we're starting to see some 90s here. it will be heating up in concord as well and

our thanks to my colleague, mike inouye, for his help on that segment.nd you can get a taste of ramen gaijin yourself at the taste of sonoma wine country weekend, saturday, september 2 from 12 to 4 p.m. at the green music center at sonoma state university, an event where sonoma county's top winemakers, growers, and chefs will come together to celebrate the region's finest wine and food. to purchase tickets, go to nbcbayarea.com. and coming up, we'll look at some important events coming up in our community calendar, including news about kristi yamaguchi, and a return look at flower power. there are some very important events coming up in the bay area. a fascinating exhibit at the university of san francisco thatcher gallery from august 21 to november 15 called "something from nothing." art and handcrafted objects from america's concentration camps. we were proud to showcase this exhibit on our show before. it features over 100 objects created by incarcerated japanese-americans during world war ii, including handmade objects, historical artifacts, and phot

as you settle in and get ready for your workweek we do have a problem on the bay bridge that mike inouyemi mike, what's the very latest? >> we learned about a crash that blocks your left lane as you're traveling westbound. your commute direction from oakland in to san francisco inside that tunnel there, the tunnel at the treasure island on ramp. they're impeded by the crash but so are folks on the freeway going through that tunnel. you're your left two lanes are blocked. stay over to your right if you're heading over there. right back to you. >> thank you for the very latest there. now

. >> you can hear mike inouye in the background. he's getting the latest on any road closures. >>> breaking news in japantown. this morning as police investigate a double shoot that left one off-duty oakland firefighter dead and a second injured. the second happened around 9:40 on taylor street. >> team coverage on "today in the bay." kris sanchez is live and damian trujillo has been talking to investigators. let's begin our coverage with damian. >> reporter: good morning. it seems like the crime scene here is about wrapping up. police have gathered the evidence they could. about to reopen taylor street. a very tragic set of circumstances as two off-duty oakland firefighters were shot, one of them fatally by the suspect. another crime scene about two blocks away where one of the suspects was apprehended at this point and trying to figure out if there are more suspects involved in this shooting here near japan town. here is the latest information we do have. police are not saying anything official about the profession of the victim w

right riders would have to take buses, which takes longer, that mike inouye can tell you. >> i don't think you have to be a traffic reporter to tell you that one. >>> and an east bay husband and wife are scheduled to be deported. this is after losing their last battle to stay in the united states. maria mendosa-sanchez got the news from senator dianne feinstein personally. the federal immigration agents denied their last request for a stay. maria, her husband, their 12-year-old son, will fly from sfo to mexico tonight. their adult-aged children will stay behind. the couple has lived in the u.s. for nearly 25 years. weked with mendosa-sanchez who said this has been a very difficult time. >> i'm leaving tomorrow. there's nothing i can do. it's not easy but leaving the kids is the hardest. >> their attorney does plan to file one morey request shortly before the family boards their plane. in the meantime, senator feinstein will ask the u.s. senate next month to grant them permanent residence. >>> new at 11:00, the so-called bathroom bill has failed to pass. the state's legislation ended

riders would have to take buses which usually take longer or they could drive which, mike inouye canl you, is not a faster option always. several workers told us maybe their bosses would be flexible but a later start would limit the jobs they could take. >> i can change my time. i'm changing my time all the way anyway. >> maybe my boss could be flexible but i'm sure it doesn't work like that for everybody. >> it would be a problem if it happened right now because i wouldn't be able to make it to work in san francisco. >> reporter: i posted this poll on twitter. tell us what you think about that 5:00 a.m. start, that one-hour delay whether it would affect you or not. this is not one of the busiest early morning stations but certainly this will impact a lot of folks and from what we can it tell -- we talked to an electrician, an electriccal worker, a steelworker and health care worker where their start times are not as flexible as a lot of folks. in fremont, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you so much. >>> at 5:34 this morning happening now firefighters searching for the cau

. >> and check out mike inouye showing the kids the magic tricks. did you know he's a magician? >> he needs a comedian. >> this is all yesterday. and it was just a fun time for a lot of those kids. internet essentials has helped more than 4 million people in six years. comcast is the owner of nbc bay area. >> vianey, you were there with mike as well. we always think the kids just want to watch youtube or look up something funny, but they really do need it for school work. >> i made sure to ask them what their big plans were. and i heard that a lot of them want to be veterinarians, lawyers, journalists, doctors in the mix. i think they're going to be doing great things with those computers, definitely. looking forward to see what they end up becoming. i told them to send me a tweet when they're older, of course. >> 13 and up, right? >> yes, exactly. there were a couple seniors there. it was definitely a very fun day. and i also amoping they can share some of their photos with us that we took as well. right now, look at this nice weather over san jose. we're seeing more of the cle

mike inouye was there yesterday and chris chmura. i'm not sure if they'll be there today.booth will be there and temperatures will be absolutely perfect for it. we'll be in the 60s and 70s to start off. if you're heading out there later in the day, maybe bring a baseball cap because it will be, as i mentioned, sunny and climbing into the 80s. if you can make sure you stop by and say hi to some of the team out there. they'll have some goodies and giveaways. they usually do especially for festival. a quick check of the temperature trend, i will tweet that out, too. >> we'll check your twitter for that full forecast, vianey, than thanks. >>> this morning an a's player is apologizing and asking for forgiveness after using a gay slur against a fan. now he's been suspended for two games. it all happened during the eighth inning of friday night's game in in anaheim. matt joyce was walking to the dugout and shouted the shur at the fan, challenging him to a fight. joyce has since admitted to what he said. he apologized both on camera and in a seven-part tweet calling it a truly reg

now if you commute along the dumbarton corridor you know it is a daily jam and certainly mike inouye never runs out of things to talk about in the morning traffic report. but tonight samtrans will explore bringing back the dumbarton rail line which was shuttered in the '90s. you may remember that if you grew up here. a look at the map i dug up. the blue line shows where the rail line would run parallel to highway 84 across the bay connecting alme ameda and san mo where companies like google, microsoft and facebook. because of that private investment could supple ment funding from the gas tax and the proposed bridge toll hike that we talked about in the last couple of weeks. now already facebook ponied up about a million bucks to fund a study sam trans is presenting to the public. tonight your first look at the dumbarton corridor study at 6:30. that's tonight. tomorrow is at the library in east palo alto city hall. other meetings will follow in the next two weeks and i will link you to the details of those meetings in my twitter feed and also on my facebook page. let me know what you

. >>> mike inouye here, and it's the last weekend of august and summer vacations are all but a memoryere's still time for a great picnic or how about a pignic? today in novato. the humane shoat holds the bay area pignic. it's also pretty darn cute. there's a costume contest, a vegetable eating contest and other fun things to do. if you can't make it to this one in know vaut oernovato, there's south bay this week. >>> we celebrated the eclipse this week and denny's sold moon cakes, but they weren't. moon cakes are a chinese pastry and you're likely to get them along with other chinese food, life music and entertainment in oakland's chinatown at the 30th annual streetfest. this year they're celebrating the year of the rooster, so definitely something to crow about. i went with the easy joke. i'm sure you can come up with a better one independently and celebrate with the pakistan association of san francisco for pakistan's independence day celebration at the so mania street food park in the south of market area. music, dancing, but most of all food is the theme of the party. check out th

we'll check in with mike inouye in a few moments to find out more. >> 6:15. happening today we will get details on the efforts to fight human trafficking in the bay area. today supervisor chavez a report to santa clara. the search overnight and the recommendations better training and data collection. >> uber is removing a heavily krited feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip as part of the company's efforts to fix its poor reputation for customer privacy. reports say uber will announce it today. >>> we should hear more from a fellow user as the person the company would like to have as its next ceo. >> scott mcgrew, he hasn't said yes just yet. >> he hasn't said yes. dara khosrowshahi is still the ceo of expedia as far as we know. we know he wants the uber job am we expect there may be an all hands about this early this morning. looking over expedia's financial report, expedia is willing to pay him a ton of money to stay. uber will have to come up with hundreds of millions not just in pay but in bonuses as well

this weekend of course the fremont festival at the yards if i'm not mistaken i heard mike inouye sayhere, so say hello to him. there will be a booth, free admission and look at the temperatures in the 80s. i think it will be perfect weather, a nice ice cream cone if they have those out there. i can always go for an ice cream cone rain or shine. quick summary what you can expect on saturday, waking up to the 60s in the bay, 70s in inland spots and tomorrow we will be warming up into the 90s by about 3:00 but then into the evening hours it starts to cool off nicely and we kind of clear out of the clouds by sunday early morning we start in the 50s for the bay. 60s for inland spots and if you notice our temperature trend gears more toward upper 80s and this is going to set us up for a cooling trend as we head into the work week. if you enjoy the 90s, some people do, some people just like people like the jacuzzi rather than the pool. i personally prefer the pool. this will be a good weekend to get up in the 90s, because by monday we'll start seeing a drop in the temperatures and then that

. >>> in the meantime a closer look at the traffic impact from mike inouye right now. >>> on the mapoorpark, not expecting any on or off ramps, between clover and monroe for the foreseeable future. if you head south just a couple blocks to neal and that will connect you back. that one-block area that's closed. sensors back on the freeways is not having an impact on the south bay commute. it's looking great now and, in fact, most of the bay though it's tuesday, a good flow of traffic and not much major issue across the san mateo and dumbarton bridges and the east shore freeway and walnut creek interchange, crash cleared from highway 4 up at the top of the screen out ofxd bay point shoul be off to the shoulder. kari? >>> mike, we start out with clouds across most of the bay area this morning as we take a live look outside in san jose that will help keep the temperatures down a few more degrees. we'll be up to 87 degrees in san jose and east san jose up to 90 degrees and for the east bay looking at some upper 90s here. oakland 75 and the peninsula in the mid-80s in palo alto. san franci

. >>> mike inouye, you were looking at slowing in oakland. >> i am, slow by oakland northbound 880, hight i did see traffic jam up and then clear, so it looks like all of the lanes here northbound are clear. we'll look at the map and we see slowing for north 880 and west 580. lighter than typical commute around the bay, a great flow of traffic. most of the focus is the commute building through san mateo where we see that a little of slowing on the center. back to you. >> mike thank you very much. that will do it, we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. for now back to the "today" show. ♪ >>> 8:30, now. it's wednesday morning, 9th of august, 2017. it's starting to brighten up in midtown manhattan. a beautiful morning as we step out and say hello to the folks out on our plaza. great morning. okay. i'm bringing up the rear today. the gang's all here. >> we're all together. >> all right. this is that time of day when hoda looks for something interesting in the crowd. >> i did. alex, help me out. where are they? it said -- >> what? >> it said hi. hokie. hi, girls. >> we have some interest