stephanie chuang will be at the scene all morning long. when we're not on the air, head to our website nbcbayarea.com. >>> other news in the city, police in san francisco trying to figure out whose body parts were found inside of a suitcase on a busy street. police responding to reports of a suspicious package in the south of market area yesterday afternoon. found that suitcase sitting in a pile of trash on 1th street between market and mission streets. investigators found more human body parts a few fwlokz away from that. police don't know if the dismembered human remains belong to the same person or if there are multiple victims. investigators have a lead on a suspect description but are not releasing it right now as they try to track that person down. >>> campus police have a south bay community college on high alert after a report of a female student, who says a man grabbed her, pushed her up against the wall and tried to kiss and fwroep her. she was able to punch him, free herself and get away. so far no suspects. >>> this morning, pe

"today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live in san francisco with the latest details. good morning. >> hey, laura, good morning to you. i spoke with a firefighter about 10, 15 minutes ago as he was leaving, he had ashes all over his face and said he was right in it. i asked him how it's going now, he said it's going well checking there are no hot spots and flare-ups here. they just put up the ladder in the last minute, although we are told that the roof already collapsed so they're not able to attack any hot spots from that angle. at one point there were more than 100 firefighters. it businesses on the ground floor, people live in the top two floors of the building. one man died and six others injured. last night there were firefighters right on the scene, on the fire escape on the mission street side trying to help people down. at least six people were saved that way. crews were able to get inside the building and bring people out that way as well. the top floor is where flames were shooting out the third floor. witnesses said when firefighters put water on parts of t

. >> let's go to "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang. stephanie just arrived on scene. what is the latest? good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you both sam and kris. it's quiet here in this ingelside neighborhood. there is a pretty good police presence here. they've shown a light on that house, that's the focus of this standoff situation that's entering now the 11th hour, but before last night, the perimeter was far greater and so it seems that it's been pretty quiet and they're trying to reach some peaceful resolution. just after 6:00 last night when police arrived in the area of grafton and ashton for a reported family argument that escalated into one man locking himself in a room possibly armed with a gun. police hostage negotiators and s.w.a.t. team members responded. they described this as unusual man in his 50s. >> a nice guy, living there for years. always been really friendly, really outgoing every time i see him, he says hello and we talk, we chat and we laugh.nmng÷ that's about it. completely unexpected. >> reporter: last night police could be heard on

stephanie chuang just got to the scene. what are the latest conditions, steph? >> reporter: hi, good morning, sam and laura. the fire that began just around 3:30 this morning at six alarms, fewer fighters need more support. you can see the flames from here in the canyon between fastler avenue and rockaway beach avenue and the concern is we're awfully close to some of the residences, some of the homes here, maybe just some yards away. joining me now is collide preston with the north county fire authority. clyde, talk to us about what's happening now. >> we have a wildland fire going here and one of the biggest challenges we have are the winds that are coming up between 10 and 15 miles per hour. we also have heavy to moderate fuel in the canyon and also the steep terrain which is making it a little bit difficult for firefighters to reach the fire. >> reporter: i understand it's six alarms and talking about the resources. how many firefighters and what is the plan of attack? >> we have over 60 firefighters on scene surrounding this fire. we have as a precautionary

"today in the bay's" stephanie chuang is live in the ingelside neighborhood with the latest. you say the scene is relatively quiet right now. >> reporter: that's right, kris, good morning to you and to sam. i would describe this as a waiting period. it's been this way, one captain told me, since about midnight when the perimeter shrunk quite a bit. if that's any indication there's been some maybe progress. again, waiting right now. i know that hostage negotiators are still on the scene as well as patrol and the negotiation team was able to get a phone inside that house where you see the light shining on the wall there. so they are waiting it seems for the man inside to make contact with them. s.w.a.t. team members left last night, not much movement this morning. if you look at the video we had from last night, tactical officers in full gear, going up those stairs and this happened shortly after 6:00 last night when there was a family argument. police say that a man in his 50s apparently locked himself into a room, inside a room and that he might possibly be armed. they do bel

. >> stephanie chuang is out there all morning long. we understand the negotiators might be waiting for the suspect to contact them. >> looks lake we have lost stephanie for a second. this is actually in its 12th hour now. she described earlier today the fact that this scene, wider initially, had now been tapered in. s.w.a.t. team had left, they are still trying to coax that man outside so they can talk to him. as soon as we're able to reconnect with steve know we'll give you the latest. >>> federal officials are investigating the 2012 fire at the chevron refinery in richmond. they blame the company's flawed safety culture for that disaster. the u.s. chemical safety board released its final draft report late yesterday. the report said the company culture encouraged "operation of a unit despite hazardous leaks" employees were reluctant to speak up about potential problems and the report blamed lack of knowledge among emergency responders that exacerbated the leak and put more employees in danger. the chemical safety board will hold a publ

. >> stephanie chuang is at the macy's in newark. all that said, it could have been much worse. >> reporter: that's right, good morning to you, laura and sam. this happened around 5:00 last night, plenty of people are already off work at that time and it can get pretty busy here with crowds at new park mall. one man was standing outside on a sidewalk, when he was hit before the driver, then plowed through the front door. you see boarded up now at last check, that man is in critical condition still. up until about midnight there was still plenty of activities, six, seven hours after!iwz this happened, police say a 63-year-old woman, the driver suffered some sort of medical emergency behind the wheel in the parking lot, jumping the curb and barreling in her blue car through the entrance into the men's clothing area, stopping only after about 5 50 feet. there were no skid marks in the building indicating she hit the gas and only hit the brakes once inside. in addition to the man critically injured outside, two shoppers inside also were

live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> nice to see the red cross stepping in and helping out. >>> we'll continue to follow the story all morning long. stephanie will join us again in about 40 minutes. when we're not on air, visit our website, nbcbayarea.com where you can find more raw video of the fire as well as photos submitted from our viewers. >>> 6:03. police in san francisco are trying to find out whose body parts were found inside a suitcase on a busy street. reports of a suspicious package in the south of market area yesterday afternoon. it was sitting in a pile of trash between market and mission street. investigators found more human body parts a few blocks away. police don't know if the dismembered human remains belong to the same person or if there are multiple victims. investigators have a lead on the suspect description but not releasing it as they try to track down that person. >>> students at a south bay college on high alert this morning after a woman said she had to attafight an attacker on campus. >> reporter: classes don't start for another

stephanie chuang joins us live from police headquarters. investigators shut the freeway down for some time. what do we know about the investigation? good morning. >> reporter: sam, good morning to you. there are few details at this point. we do know they shut down for about three hours overnight. a chp officer just left the concord police department here. he went inside for about five minutes. he had some papers, spoke with someone inside the department, and then as i just said, he took off. you can see westbound highway 4 was shut down around midnight between the chicago highway and willow pass road exit. that's where there was a shooting overnight. that is near the diablo creek golf course. check out the white four-door sedan. it looks like it might be a pontiac grand prix, maybe late '90s model. riddled with bulls, maybe 15 of them along the driver's side. someone was able to drive this car still, though, to the kaiser permanente medical center in walnut creek. that's about 12 miles away. and it was found parked across the street from th

stephanie chuang is at the scene of the breaking news. >> reporter: right now we're at pennsylvania avenue. this is the onramp to cesar chavez. drivers are being diverted off here as well. ahead almost two miles is where the commotion is. you want to look at the video we have earlier. a chp officer said this has been going on for five hours. there's a man, he's shirtless, he's straddling the railway, this is 280 south, the junction here. there are negotiators from san francisco police department who have been on scene for at least a couple of hours. and at el myra, there are firefighters here just in case this man jumps or falls. it's 50 or 70 feet, something like that. the stretch of 280 is basically like a bridge. there is no net there. he's basically shouting obscenities. it appears he is under the influence of some sort. that whole entire stretch of 280 southbound is closed this morning. we are getting into the commute hour. you can jump off on cesar chavez west to 101 and hop back south to 280 south if you need to go that direction. give again, back here live at the 280 on-ramp, i jus

stephanie chuang joins us with all of the details. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning to you both. the city council hasn't voted before on police policies like use of force. so they didn't vote on this, but there were a lot of recommendations. definitely tense moments with the police chief. they want police officers to turn on their body cameras, which is about this size. they're about this size. responding to all kinds of calls. instead of what the police chief had requested, which was having officers only turn them on in progress to high priority calls. the discussion taking place following a deadly shooting that happened november 11th when police responded to a report of a burglary on willow place. they say they were forced to open fire after the suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it at them. two of the three responding officers had body cameras, but only one had it on, and that was only turned on right after the shooting had already taken place. >> we all know they have some police officers who have not behaved to

seat that will soon be empty in a few years ben barbara boxer retires. >> "today in the bay" stephanie chuangom san francisco this morning. stephanie, we're talking about someone who already made state history. >> that's right, good morning to you both, laura and sam. kamala harris we're in front of her state attorney general's office in san francisco. 50 years old, made history as the first woman, first african-american and first south-asian-american to be elected to this office in california history. she was born in oakland, went to law school at uc hastings in berkeley, deep bay area roots and kicked off her career in the almeida county and san francisco district office. in 2003 and 2007 voters electriced her as district attorney. larry bersten says she has an uphill climb before she can pioneer the way for others who want to follow in her footsteps. >> particularly women and people of color who have yet to really achieve parity with white males. >> reporter: another name thrown around was gavin newsom. facebook he will not run, saying he wants to focus on california and speculation set on

this morning live in almeida, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> a lot of animal lovers here inbay area will want to help. thank you, stephanie. >>> we have new details this morning on a water rescue in the south bay. two boaters got stuck because of the low tide. memo fire airboat picked up the men at 10:30 last night after a coast guard helicopter spotted them near coyote creek and@[ fremont. the boaters used a cell phone to help around 6:30 but then the phone fell into the water. rescuers searched for about an hour and a half before calling in the coast guard to help in the search. this marks the second rescue in a little more than 24 hours. both boats were caught in the low tide. >>> we know you're starting your day, rob mayeda starting our tuesday but taking a peek at the weekend. you mentioned 70s. >> it's hard not to notice what's at the bottom of the screen, the seven-day forecast, numbers jumping into the 70s but the meantime watching the patchy fog-filled mornings. 46 degrees in san jose. different view across the golden gate bridge at 52 and obviously fog setting up

"today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joining us in san francisco where board members will meet in aboutscuss this very issue. is it considered to be i guess a testy one, stephanie? >> reporter: that's right, good morning to you both, sam and laura. the regents meeting here at the mission bay campus at usual as you said in about an hour and a half and the usual police presence ahead of the regent's meeting. lot of the talk focused on money, first on the employee salary side, the figures available online show the top three highest paid are all from the athletic side making more than $2 million a year. so the idea the proposal is to link coaches' bonus pay to how well their students performed in both grades and graduation rates. this comes as the uc system struggle "the issue of funding. you may remember back in november the student protests where the board of regents approved janet innapolitano's proposal for a 5% tuition hike next fall. the governor threatened to withdraw funding all together. form he assembly speaker perez asked to rescind the tuition hike. >> i'm hopeful enough of my c

stephanie chuang joining us now from daly city this morning. the train system in washington, d.c. pretty similar to that of bart's. good morning. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, sam and laura. you know, bart riders who spoke with nbc bay area said they have no idea what they would have to do in case of emergency, in case maybe one of their trains filled up with smoke. so bart saying the incident in d.c. on monday, a great reminder there are lessons it can learn. we're talking about electrical malfunctions on the third rail that can cause potentially dangerous sparking, also known as arcing, which then can lead to a lot of smoke, and that's what federal investigators say happened in d.c. thick, black smoke filling a busy subway station, stranding riders after their train stopped in a tunnel. the incident killed one woman, a mother of two. bart says arcing at its france civic center station back in september 2012 also filled that station with smoke, but was able to safely evacuate passengers. no reported injuries then. in d.c., there are

stephanie chuang, any concern about drivers adjusting to the changes? >> reporter: good morning sam and laura. there's stern minor changes could throw some drivers off. the good news is the weather was cooperative this weekend. as you mentioned six hours earlier instead of opening an hour ago it opened about the:30 last night. tough to see now because of the fog that christina and mike have been talking about. you will see new median barriers instead of the yellow plastic pylons. this is a new move to prevent head-on collisions. we've seen chp and some cars cross the bridge 9:30 last night. the closing lasted 46 hours, so crews could put in 3,500 new barriers that are pinned together. operators of brand new zipper trucks will accommodate the traffic flow. there's six inches less in the middle lanes so advice for drivers, go slow. >> we don't want to see people get into minor accidents with the changes that have gone into place. >> reporter: other new changes, take notice on the waldo grade from the tunnel to the approach to the bridge, drivers will be m

"today in the bay" stephanie chuang joining us live from san francisco. we're talk being a pretty big protest that could get a matching police response. are they expecting significant delays here? >> reporter: yes, good morning to you both, sam and kris. they are expecting delays, in fact, they warned, b.a.r.t. warned riders to watch out for what could be disruption in service. now b.a.r.t. says it does support peaceful protests as long as the people involved stay outside the fare gates adding if demonstrators cause major disruptions using potentially dangerous tactics, b.a.r.t. police are prepared to respond. protesters have three main demands, first b.a.r.t. drop all charges against those 14 people arrested for chaining themselves to a b.a.r.t. train at the west open station november 28th. group dubbed the black friday 14 who protested not to indict the police officers who killed michael brown and eric garner. b.a.r.t. must also disband its police force and offer a ticket discount for low-income riders. b.a.r.t. responded by saying it's ready in case th

. >> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang just got to the scene. steph, quite a mess there you saw. good morning. >> reporter: good morning kris and sam. quite a mess, happening around 3:45 this morning and you can see that it is xreetly smash co smashed in. word is a u-haul van with two suspects inside who backed into this place. you can see all the damage, took stuff and then sped off, still on the run. joining me now is sergeant fitz wong with the sfpd. sergeant wong, tell us again what happened here, what led to this? >> about 3:40 in the morning a u-haul just like drove into the storefront area and like commercial burglary. >> reporter: right now a store manager had come about 20 minutes ago and she's assessing the damage but some of the police units actually spotted this u-haul van, right? >> in the other districts away from here and they were trying to like catch up to the u-haul but they were unable to. >> reporter: okay, and what's the policy again when it comes to a chase with property crime, smash and grab? >> usually the units doing the

station, stephanie chuang "today in the bay." >> we'll they can in with you in about an hour. thank you very much. >> anthony slaughter is tracking the roadways. this could cause a big wrinkle in the morning commute but you have some routes that folks can work around. >> we'll try to iron this out for you as smooth as we can. i want to show you our maps, this gives you a good idea how to get into san francisco. you're coming in on the b.a.r.t. at the embarcadero station, go to the muni that, will get you around the delay and then get back on the b.a.r.t. headed towards powell street. if you're coming the opposite direction, hop on powell or whatever station you'll be at, skip the montgomery station, take embarcadero and eventually back over to the oakland side. keep in mind, because of these protests, that could go on, we don't know how long it could go on and how it could disrupt service. overall if you are using the b.a.r.t. today, use the muni to avoid protests. we don't have any delays reported on the muni or the caltrain or bca but we wivta bu we'll track this closely. >>

stephanie chuang, any concern about drivers adjusting to the changes?> reporter: good morning sam and

stephanie chuang, one of the changes is tighter lanes. this could affect traffic flow, among other things. good morning. >> reporter: absolutely, good morning to you, sam and laura. good weather allowed for the bridge to be reopened six hours earlier, 9:30 last night instead of 4:00 this morning. weather cooperating more than it was before. the toing has somewhat cleared. you can see the four lanes headed southbound into the city and i've noticed that drivers are seemingly avoiding that middle lane, maybe they heard it is slightly more narrow, six inches, to be exact, compared to other lanes. drivers headed into south san francisco have to watch out for a big change on the waldo grade tunnel approach to the bridge, drivers merging right to left instead of left to right. speed limit drops from 55 miles an hour to 45 matching the speed bridge limit. into action later this morning. you'll see operators on the roadway moving the barrier today, probably about 9:30 or 10:00, first traffic diversion as you call it. that will be something new for

. >> stephanie chuang joins us live, you see the car was in there well into the late night into the mall. have police made any arrests? are there any updates? good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura. no arrests so far. police believe the driver, a 3-year-old woman suffered some medical emergency behind the wheel, this was around 5:00 last night. she was in this parking lot, jumped the curb, hit a man on the sidewalk there before plowing through the front doors where you see it is now boarded up this morning. up until at least midnight, there was still plenty of activity here. the yellow police tape up where the glass doors once were. the blue car barreled into the store about 50 feet before come to a stop, sending racks, displays and mannequins flying. the woman first hit the man outside macy's who at last check was still in critical condition. two shoppers inside were also hurt. >> a vehicle traveling down this parking lot, this road right here and the driver had some type of medical issue, didn't stop. >> six people were transported to local hospitals. i'm not sur

live outside the hall of justice, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> what a wild story.thank you very much, steph. >>> new details now after a brazen armed robbery at a frye's electronics store on the peninsula. palo alto police released a sketch of one of the men involved. on wednesday this man and accomplice walked out of the store with three gaming consoles. when a store employee tried to stop them one of the men showed off a revolver. both got away with the gaming consoles. >>> police need your help tracking town the person who robbed an 83-year-old man in berkeley. the incident caught on camera. the robbers wrestle what turns out to be a newly purchased iphone from the man's ahead and. the victim was not seriously hurt and the robber did get away. he took off in a silver audi with paper license plates. >>> we have new drought concerns after the results of the latest sierra snowpack survey. the snowpack is well below normal. experts measures just over seven inches of snow near eco summit. the snowpack provides california with a third of its water supply so some disco

stephanie chuang joining us live. the new rule comes after a deadly shooting, and the subject part of a larger national discussion as well. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam. the city council voted late into the night to require police officers to turn on those body cameras when responding to all calls. the big impetus is the deadly shooting that happened two months ago when police were responding to a report of a burglary on willow place on november 11th. they say they were forced to open fire after a suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it at them. the responding officers had the body cameras. only one had it on. and that was turned on right after the shooting had happened. >> they have some police officers who have not behaved to the highest standard we would expect in some cities and it's nice to have a record to amazing sure that the correct actions are taken accordingly. >> reporter: the police chief requested having officers only turn on those cameras when responding to specifically in progres

we'll start with stephanie chuang. this closure is to keep drivers safer while they cross the bridge. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, sam and laura. this $30 million project introduces a movable median here on the golden gate bridge. that's supposed to help prevent head-on collisions. we're on the southbound traffic side? san francisco where you can see parked here an older version that move the median. on the right you'll see the kind that will replace them on the golden gate bridge. the yellow plastic pilons have been the only thing separating north and southbound traffic. a transfer machine will be able to move these barriers several times a day to create more lanes in one direction to help accommodate traffic flow. drivers we spoke with said they've already planned ahead for the week in closure. >> i'm not going to go near the bridge. i'm just going to stay up and. >> now, check out the trucks that will move the barriers. they're custom-made if slano county and depend p ended to be airful -- they will

live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, stephanie. >>> developing right now, health officials not far from the bay area on pins and needles as they wait to hear if the patient does have ebola. >> damian trujillo joins us live from stanford. the test results expected out of sacramento this morning, we know whether or not it's negative or positive the ebola fight will continue from where you are. >> bill and melinda gates foundation donated $50 million to stanford to establish a research center to study ebola and other diseases. the idea is to hopefully come up with a vaccine to combat all kinds of viruses around the world. the patient in sacramento is being closely watched at this hour. that person walked into the er at mercy hospital yesterday with the symptoms of ebola, the patient is considered low risk and is in isolation as doctors await test results, which should be in early as this morning. the california nurses association is also monitoring the case and so far the response seems to be adequate. >> our volunteer nurses who have volunteered to

live in concord this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> we're going to check back with stephanie. meantime, look outside and find what is so wonderful about this area. beautiful sunrises, as we try to fight off a little bit of cold weather. >> it's going to warm up later, right? >> yeah, 60s. but without less low cloud cover in the bay area, we are off to a chilly start compared to the last couple of mornings. there you see 44 around the peninsula. san francisco, 48 degrees, as you get mainly clear skies. parts of the north bay still stuck in some of that patchy fog. napa, concord, over towards fair field and martinez. not so much, though. south of san francisco, the low cloud cover should be out of here pretty quickly. notice, as we head into the evening, patches of low clouds around the peninsula, and into parts of the central bay. this is what tuesdays look like from our friends at the monterrey bay aquarium nearby, showing you that water rise. the king tide there on tuesday. so today, just before 11:00 this morning, using ocean beach here for a high tide time. you c

stephanie chuang joining us from almeida.mber of birds turning up covered in this mysterious goo continues to grow. >> reporter: good morning to you both, sam and laura. the thick dense fog that rob and mike have been talking about obscuring the view of the water along the al me almeida shoreline. after days they're getting support from the state after they've already rescued about 250 sick birds and found 50 dead others and they've been going along the shoreline down from almeida to hayward, where we were standing just a few feet away from one dead bird also coated in the mysterious substance yesterday. the marsh and seabirds have been in the unknown thick, sticky substance that strips their feathers leaving them to die of hypothermia. it's not toxic nor oil based but this morning they are set to start investigation into where the goo came from and who might be behind it. >> what this is, what we can do to negate it and if there's a responsible party and go after them for criminal charges if it comes down to that. >> here is

. >> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang is near the front of the store. police are calling this a smash and grab event. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kris and sam. big kind of smash and grab using as you mentioned a u-haul van. we're here at hyde and north point, the pategonia store, the front is completely smashed in and one of the racks targeted in front, several of the racks, these jackets which don't look like much but looking online they're $140 to 200 bucks apiece. two men were involved in this, hopped into a u-haul van and took off, happened within a minute. we spoke with the sergeant who said that there was no police chase, although police officers did spot the getaway van. >> units in the district, after we had given the description of the u-haul spotted it. they were they were able to catch up to the u-haul. >> reporter: and what is the policy when there's a crime like that? >> usually the pursuit is canceled because it's a property crime. >> reporter: back here live there is at least one security camera there and police are trying to

live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> you mentioned big name republicans. interesting to see if a republican candidate can make a push for a california senate seat. >> no doubt they'll try. >>> this morning the pentagon will figure out how hackers claiming to be affiliated with isis managed to take over the government's social media accounts and steal document. hackers gained access to the twitter and youtube accounts yesterday and got information about some of the people who work there. they even released more than a half a dozen document, some with the home addresses of retired generals. the pentagon shut town the account and regained control last night. it says none of the documents were classified but the accounts were hacked while president obama was giving a speech about cyber security. >>> the french police continuing their search for a number of associates of the "charlie hebdo" gunmen. this as funerals under way for victims killed in the shooting at the kosher market in paris. >> chris hansen joins us in studio. any new leads? >> there are a number

stephanie chuang is live near that area, which is actually restricted to the public. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. there were three police sergeants leaving the mission station here around 5:20 last night when they saw a man in his 30s in this restricted area. you can see the signs for the parking lot say "police personnel only." they asked him to leave. they chief said instead of man stayed in this driveway and reached for what appeared to be a handgun in his waist band. that's when two sergeants fearing for their lives shot the man. the chief says officer safety remains top of mind. >> i know a lot of people right now are very concerned about how things are with how it's going nationally as far as officer safety. we are as aware of it as anybody. officers are looking out for one another all the time. but, again, we have a job to do. >> reporter: now, the sergeants were not injured. they are on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedures with officer-involved shootings. witnesses said they heard four shots, one right after another. live in san

. >> stephanie chuang joins us from san francisco.inute tweaks to the bid could mean a change for the bay area. >> reporter: that's right. maybe ed lee and new oakland mayor libby schaaf were on the phone with a new idea to host the opening and closing ceremonies at a new stadium in oakland that would also host track and field events and that stadium would be the permanent home for the raiders. the olympic could provide some funding. mayor lee is quoted as saying the committee liked the idea adding it enhances the overall bid. mayor lee says the olympic athletes village set to be built at the hunters point ship yard would be converted into affordable housing after the games. overall the cost of hosting the olympics is estimated at $4.5 billion, all from private funding. >> that would be contributions, ticket sales and domestic u.s. licensing. >> the olympic committee last met last december in redwood city. now l.a., boston, washington, the other three cities in the running. olympic committee spokesperson just told me this morning if t

. >> let's go to "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang. stephanie just arrived on scene.ning. >> reporter: good morning to you both sam and kris. it's quiet here in this ingelside neighborhood. there is a pretty good police presence here. they've shown a light on that house, that's the focus of this standoff situation that's entering now the 11th hour but before last night, the perimeter was far greater and so it seems that it's been pretty quiet and they're trying to reach some peaceful resolution. just after 6:00 last

nbc bay area's stephanie chuang is live in san francisco with reaction to boxer's retirement. good morning, steph. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, kris. we're actually live in oakland in jack london square because this is where u.s. senator barbara boxer's bay area office is on the second floor. the announcement came this morning on twitter and youtube in a video interview by her grandson. >> i'm going to continue working on the issues that i love. i'll have more time to help other people for my pack through a change community. i have to make sure the senate seat stays progressive, that is so critical and i want to help our democratic candidate for president make history. >> boxer was born in new york but moved to california with her husband in 1965 taking her u.s. senate seat in january of 1993 after serving ten years in the house of representatives. before that she was actually a marin county supervisor for six years, making history at the local level as the board's first female president. senator boxer served on ethics foreign relations where she chairs the first com

. >> stephanie chuang joins us now from the scene. it was an explosive fire. and a very emotional morning for people as well. good morning. >> absolutely. good morning to you both kris and scott. i spock with a man standing by his mother as she was crying as she was staring at the building. her husband, they say, is in critical condition at the hospital from smoke inhalation and that's because the family lived on that side of the building, they say the man was stuck there, again, in critical condition. that side is also where there were six people according to the fire chief, trapped on that fire escape. if you go down you can see that the ladder actually doesn't fall anywhere doesn't drop because it meets that awning. we spoke with several witnesses who said it wasn't just fire escapes malfupgzing but there were no working smoke alarms or sprinkler systems. among the people a young boy hailed as a hero for saving his dog and himself. he said he thought someone was trying to break into his apartment, and they told him, your apartment is on fire. you need to ge

. >> stephanie chuang showed us how a deadly shooting changed the rules. >> good morning. the language should now be more clear to go along with the body cameras. the city bought 40 of them in 2011 but it wasn't until last year when every officer and sergeant was outfitted with one. the move is set to enhance accountability and transparency but it's brought up some similar concerns to when the dashboard cameras came up to be popular in the mid-1990s. one officers worried about their privacy. under the current policy menlo park police officers have to turn on their cameras before every serious and high priority call. the city council last night asked the police department to update its policy to clarify the language requiring them to turn on the cameras before every call. police released new stats that seem to so the benefits of the body cams so far. last year there were 31 citizen complaints filed against the department. half were exonerated. over 22% withdrawn, 6% sustained. but police say overall, they have allowed supervisors to immediately review incidents. the imitous

stephanie chuang is live in san francisco with local reaction to the attack including how an event like this is now spotlighting the issue of freedom of the press, something certainly near and dear to us. >> reporter: absolutely good morning to you, kris. we're across the street from the general consulate of france here at 88 kearney. the office is only saying it is shocked by what happened earlier today, but there is a planned rally in support of that french publication, charlie hebdo, later here tonight. now, it was mentioned what the french president had said he also called what happened an act of exceptional barbarianism. that magazine has published front covers poking fun at the prophet mohammed. the website was hacked an editor, who died in today's attack was reportedly living under police protection. charlie hebdo is a very different publication than say, the san francisco chronicle, but we spoke with editing manager on how an event like this can impact the press, including the chronicle, which has an on-staff cartoonist who often pushes the envelope on many topics including reli

. >> stephanie chuang is live in san francisco. this comes as regents votes on new proposals and the students want their voices heard. good morning. >> absolutely. we have seen this before. good morning to you both. all but one of thee deals really pretty much done. and we're talking about the regents approving a two-person committee made up of governor jerry brown and a uc president, janet napolitano to study funds and how to prevent tuition hikes from happening. a move that gavin newsom describes as unnecessary. it's very quiet, peaceful. a lot of police officers outside the meeting, as is protocol pretty much. the meeting, though this morning did get heating at one point as students tried to deliver a letter to napolitano with their demands. >> you can see uc police cuffing two young men, a cal and a ucla student, leading them away after they crossed the barrier. they're protesting napolitano's up to 28% tuition hike for the never five years approved by the board in november. they had offered $120 million contingent on no increa

stephanie chuang is live with the very latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, scott and kris. yeah arson task force investigators from both san francisco police and fire are working this case on this very famous "mrs. doubtfire" house here where you can see there's a police officer, patrol car still stationed here outside. we've confirmed the home owner, a plastic surgeon who specialized in femme anization procedures told investigators he believes the arsonist is a former disgruntled patient. property damage not too bad, pretty minimal, in fact. the scorch marks on the garage door are very apparent. there was also apparently two fires set because police say the home owner smelled smoke around 8:00 last night, opened the door and saw his door mat on fire. he was able to douse the flames himself and call police who then determined this was a case of arson. police officers have been keeping an eye on the house for safety. they say because it is a high profile and popular tourist spot. >> we just want to m

. >> stephanie chuang that be live all morning long and crews still trying to clean up that mess. crews have not made an arrest, as far as we understand? >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you both kris and scott. three people still on the run, three masked robbers. the target this wells fargo historic museum which was the first ever bank location and you can see a stagecoach there from that era. the work is being done right now to board up the front entrance that was smacked when the robbers plowed through the front of this building around 2:30 this morning masked and armed with at least one handgun. the chevrolet suburban suv stolen out of san bruno smashed through the two front doors sending safety glass debris flying everywhere. once they were inside the thieves held one security guard at gunpoint before flipping over display cases and stealing the gold rush era gold nuggets inside, like these, featured on the wells fargo history museum website, which explicitly states it showcases real gold from california gold country region. luckily, other historical artifacts were

. >> stephanie chuang with more on how the man was able to pull this off, got the procedures and then was able to peel out. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this man underwent top of the line cosmetic procedures and skipped out on bill. this may have happened before, and there were apparently red flags. take a look again at the man who with a caught on camera walking in and out of the plastic surgery office in the civic center neighborhood at 77 vanness avenue. surgeon says the man had identified himself as a 43-year-old, gave a fake name and fake address which turned out to be an office building. now, the doctor says he usually does ask for a credit card but the client showed an employee a walt full of cash, and in the end the man got away without paying $6,000 worth of botox and laser treatments. >> hopefully this kind of thing won't happen to many people and that hopefully this particular person won't be able to continue to get away with this. >> now there was a warning that went out last year. makers of botox sent out a warning that said there were some who got a similar t

stephanie chuang, the pay issue coming as the uc system is struggling right now to find state funding morning. >> reporter: that's right, good morning to you, sam. and what a hot button topic of course, you may remember here in front of the ucsf campus where the regents meet there were crowds of protesters, students outside, much calmer now but same usual security ahead of today's meeting. the issue, employee salaries. figures are available online, the top three are all from the athletics side making more than $2 million a year, and this of course coming as the uc system is struggling with the issue of funding. again, the student protests in november you may remember when the board of regents approved uc president janet napolitano's proposal for a 5% tuition hike by next fall and 28% during the next five years. the form ear sem blee speaker john perez asked his fellow regents to rescind the tuition hike. >> enough of my colleague also see the error of their ways in the last meeting and be able to have a discussion where we're not using students as pawns. >> the state and uc system lea

stephanie chuang joins us live from police headquarters. investigators shut the freeway down for some time. what do we know about the investigation? good morning. >> reporter: sam, good morning to you. there are few details at this point. we do know they shut down for about three hours

"today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live at google headquarters in mountain view. some worry the app which lets you report the location of police officers could expose officers to targeted atacks. good morning. >> reporter: that's right, good morning to you, sam. it's about vulnerability and the possibility of these attacks. google bought wave back in 2013 for $966 million. this is a sort of social networking app as well as navigation and allows you to report things on it. it has reported 50 million users in 200 countries. the popularity has soared in the last few years. it's a free crowd sourcing app that allows people to give real time updates during drives, about traffic jams to accidents, red light cameras to where the patrol cars are seen around town and along the highways. some sheriffs launched a campaign demanding google turn off that police locator feature calling it a potentially dangerous tool for would-be police stalkers and/or killers. there are no known links between wave and police attacks but some deputies raised concerns about the possibility durin

stephanie chuang is at the scene of the breaking news. >> reporter: right now we're at pennsylvania avenuez. drivers are being diverted off here as well. ahead almost two miles is where the commotion is. you want to look at the video we have earlier. a chp officer said this has been going on

. >> stephanie chuang joins us live, you see the car was in there well into the late night into the mall have police made any arrests? are there any updates? good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura. no arrests so far. police believe the driver, a 3-year-old woman suffered some medical emergency behind the wheel, this was around 5:00 last night. she was in this parking lot, jumped the curb, hit a man on the sidewalk there before plowing through the front doors where you see it is now

. >> stephanie chuang joins us from the city.ecent last-second change could actually help oakland from keeping the raiders going to another city. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, sam and laura. the raiders have struggled for years to make a deal for a new stadium in oakland. the olympic could help provide the funding. the last deal yesterday was that would host the opening and closing ceremonies and that stadium would become the permanent home for the laiders, maybe ed reid saying the olympic and the olympics athletes village, which the mayor said would be converted into affordable housing after the game. >> and have that as an ongoing legacy for affordable housing in that region. >> now, if the oakland city idea doesn't pan out, the original idea could still happening, building a 60,000 seat recyclable stadium in brisbane that would be torn down after the game. the committee last met in december in redwood city. today it meets at the denver international airport. if the board selects a city, it will announce right a

live at the golden gate bridge, stephanie chuang. >> stephanie, thanks. >> yeah good to see that there. a lot of folks not looking at the roadway. they're looking at the vista t right? >>> so new details now more details. a woman who survived a head-on crash on the golden gate bridge in 2008 and who is now partially para liezed spoke at that ribbon cutting ceremony. >> i'm so grateful. i am so grateful because maybe in the future people will meet in a slightly different way. >> as she worked lobbying for a permanent median barrier she actually met the man who was driving the car that crashed into hers. and they have since become friends. >>> stay with us for continuing coverage of the new median on the golden gate bridge. as always, you can key upep up to date with the latest any time of date at nbcbayarea.com. >>> one of two climbers is making a push to catch up to the other partner on the sheer granite in yosemite national park. 30-year-old kevin yorgen son from santa rosa has been behind 36-year-old tommy caldwell for about a week. they're trying to scale the el captain. it will be

we're live at the golden gate bridge, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thanks, steph. >> a new film tonight at santa clara university, it will be required viewing for all freshmen going forward. >> on the third or fourth time i just gave up and i went numb. >> it's called "can't thread a moving needle," the one-hour docudrama examines campus date rape. through the film, santa clara university hopes to get in front of the issue. >> the perpetrator story in the film is someone who didn't intend to be a rapist. but he had sex with a woman who was unable to give consent and then he became a rapist. >> the cdc recently revealed nearly one in five women are victims of sexual assault. the film will soon be available to other colleges nationwide for free. >> seismic news yesterday when we learned barbara boxer would not seek reelection. now the race to filler senate seat is under way. it very rare a senate seat opens up in california. lut tent general gavin newsome and pamela harris are possible replacements. one might seek the senate seat and the other the governor's office. boxer was

. >> stephanie chuang joins us from the mission district police station.shoot owing kurd not far from where you're standing right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam and laura. i'm standing in the middle of about nine evidence markers. you can see one of them a chalk circled marked on the sidewalk outside the mission station. three sergeants were leaving around 5:20 last night when they saw a man in his 30s. it's a restricted area so they asked him to leave. instead he stayed in the driveway and drew a weapon, what appears to be a handgun. it turned out to be an air pistol or bb gun. he died after undergoing surgery at sf general hospital. the same man approached officers responding to an unrelated call asking them what kind of weapons and ammunition they carry and if they'd been involved in shootings before. the chief says police safety is top of mind. >> i know a lot of people are very concerned with how things are, with how it's going nationally as far as officer safety. we are as aware of it as anybody. officers are looking out for one an