the seasons are reversed, of course, in the south pole -- 1919. what is our winter, the northern hemisphere's winter is their summer. so the only time it's possible to travel overland, over the polar icecap, as it were a eau lahr plateau as it is, a polar la toe in antarctica, is in the middle of their summer which means you can leave in, say, october or november which is their spring, go there as fast as you can and then come back, and he made it back before it turned really cold, made it back to his base. he went in through south of new zealand. he sailed down. the place you can get closest to the pole by ship -- and you can only get there in the antarctic summer because it's frozen with just sea ice over the top and so a ship can't get in, but it opens up in the antarctic summer. the sea ice open toes up, and you can sail in quite close because you think of antarctica as a plate or as a dish. but actually it has a peninsula sticking way out on the side under the americas, and it's got a big gouge cut out of it almost like a piece of the pie take

well, almost. 79 degrees in the south bay. that is unusual. ypically hit about 85 this time of year. 74 for the peninsula. that's a live picture of woodside this morning, gorgeous start there, 64 in san francisco, and tiberon in the north bay, once it burns off, 75 degrees. that's nice for a july afternoon, wouldn't you say, mike? >>> i would say so, i love that for any afternoon. i don't care where when it is. bay bridge has the backup, metering lights are on. and the approach coming off of 24, not a problem, it's the berkeley curve where we see extra slowing today. berkeley itself moves pretty nice, pretty predictable, but the oil still getting cleaned up off of the richmond bridge on the richmond side. rest of the bay south there have moves nicely as well. nothing unpredict. talking about golden gate bridge, the visibility across the span, can't see the towers over the last few minutes, thank you. >>> 5:57, suppose the to be one of the happenest days of his life, we'll explain coming up. >>> and we continue to get new details after a high sp

he doesn't think anybody goes to the south. ctually it is like pieces of the pie only 400 miles apart going to the same place. said he considers us a approach and for those men and some are traveling in tractors. >> some will go further so it is large and very slow moving caravan. but then to go across the of ice shelf. and then only after their of there is the last support team to turn back leaving scott and four others to make the dash across the polar plateau. the whole expedition takes a lot longer and by this time he is traveling faster and gets there first by the time scott gets there someone was there already a few weeks earlier and the note welcoming scott to the south pole. but but as the men buy into the approach, you have to do yourself. that is true but what they used to get themselves relatively to this point so they raced across to the poll and turnaround to come back and now it is getting colder and the weather turns they have a lot of mistakes they lost original plan and the tractors did not work say lost horses

take ballers to the south which is the other name south of 101. then scott boulevard over toward arkez. and if you're looking for a burger joint later on in the day, st. john's is nearby too. >> we all love that one. >> rest of the bay moving smoothly. the bay bridge toll plaza, no lights are on there. we go over here to see dublin area, we do have a crash at greenville which nay slow you down a bit, back to you. >> we continue top update that breaking news with the crash in the south bay. apparently after a night of partying. we'll have more details coming up in a live report. >>> plus israeli troops ramping a up the ground invasion in gaza. the new developments from overnight next. >>> investigators are scouring the scene in ukraine trying to put together the pieces of the puzzle. almost 300 people killed when the malaysian airlines flight was shot down over ukraine. the question now, where did the missile come from? we'll have the latest details in a live report. >>> plus breaking news, deadly accident on highway 101 in the south bay. a major of

the rest of the south bay freeways moving smnicely. we see some slowing through livermore, that's a slight increase, early for this. i'll track that closely for you. no problems reported for the tri valley. the rest of the bay moves nicely. northbound 880, you can see that stretch of yellow at 66 around the coliseum. reports of a stalled car moving out of the roadway. another one over here. a dog running around in the lanes at 23rd. watch both of those incidents. the san mateo bridge, no problem force your commute. low clouds. the visibility is fine. southbound 101 through the north bay. no problems. back to you. >>> crews managed to rescue a surfer trapped on the rocks near the cliff house. witnesses on ocean beach say the surfer got caught up in big waves and lost his board yesterday. he ended up stranded on the rocks until rescue crews arrived and pulled him up. the man is visiting from belgium. >>> speaking of surfing, the organizers of the mavericks invitational are looking for a way to lure more big named surfers to the competitio

the south bay a better flow of traffic. second deadly crash in the costa county, back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," wasting water will cost you, now the south bay is considering spending a half million dollars to track you down. we'll have details coming up in of a live report. >>> plus rockets raining down in gaza, latest efforts to broker peace between israel and hamas. >>> we continue to follow breaking news, deadly crash on highway 101 ties up traffic in the south bay, the coroner is on the way to the scene. we'll have the latest details, next. >>> very latest on that crash, and a second deadly crash also in contra costa continue. we'll talk about those both and what you have to watch out for on your morning commute. >>> plus water cops on duty. the new efforts to keep water wasters in line. >>> they're on duty in san francisco this morning, they're getting rained on. we have showers on the radar. and i can tell you this is going to be last far couple hours. we'll show -- for a couple

a few 80's to the south. hose is at 78. cloudy around santa cruz and 68. and 69 in millbrae, the cool spot and low-to-mid 70's and low-to-mid 60's along the coast into downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and nearly sin at the coast, and the cloud cover and cooler conditions around berkeley and oakland and upper 60's and low-to-mid 70's the rest of the east bay shore and through the san ramon valley upper 60's and highway four low-to-mid 80's to livermore at 83. tonight the temperatures are comfortable and mid-to-upper 50's and a last cloud cover but in the south bay, again, so we will still have the southern breeze blowing out. we showed you video of the mudslide in japan as the tropical storm rolls law and we talked about this year, fresh water flooding or rains that it brings going to be much bigger problem moving failure as it continues to hug japan for the next telephone to 24 hours and then moves out to sea. maybe a degree or two cooler tomorrow and back to average by saturday and sunday and monday and tuesday and wednesday and above average

rest of the south bay moves smoothly. then a second deadly crash in cost tra contra -- contra costa county. it sounds like you can get off of the freeway, but traffic control around the area, maybe to a shopping center just south of highway 4. that's the second deadly crash of the morning. 101 is clear, but bay lay is closed. >>> highway 152 in gilroy is shut down this morning, nearly 12 hours after a deadly crash there. just before 5:30 last night, a big rig hit several cars near the corner of ferguson road and highway 152. one bern died. eight others sent to the hospital. three of them with critical injuries. there's no information yet about the driver. the rig hit seven cars before the truck caught fire. no word yet on when they plan to reopen the highway. >>> john kerry is in cairo this morning working on a peace deal. he says israel has agreed to a ceasefire, hamas has not. all this while rockets rain down on gaza. 570 people including women and children were killed in violence over the past two weeks. israel says ham

we have that deadly crash and investigation into the south bay. we'll tell you about that. >>> a live look outside, look at the haze over the south bay. in fact, this morning, it's wednesday, july 9th. this is "today in the bay." >>> very good morning to you. thank you very much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> a developing situation in the middle east. israeli army launching air strikes as we speak at gaza strip. today alone the army says it attacked 160 sites i including rocket launch sites and hamas compounds. so far 32 palestinians have been killed since the full blown offensive started yesterday. this includes nine children, another 200 have been hurt. israel's offensive is in response to a barrage of rocket attacks from gaza. >>> a known prostitute will go in front of a judge this morning, she's accused of murdering a silicon executive on his yacht. alix tichelman is accused of killing apple and google engineer forest hayes. bob, officers are saying they have surveillance video to prove the killing. >> reporter: not only proves it,

don't forget to grab the umbrella in the south bay. aver all, only a couple days of july left before we kick off august. you can see, showers working their way towards the bay area, we're expecting that action here in the south baby about 9:30. we will keep you updated on nbc bay area. i'm tracking your weather live every 15 minutes. you may not knee, but i do it -- know that, but i do it every day. >> we love seeing it. >>> greeting people with a handshake may be not as healthy as you think. doctors suggesting a safer solution. >> new research says that this bump may be high againic than handshakes when greeting your doctor. researchers found that the handshake transmits ten times the amount of bacteria compared to the system. experts say maybe hand off approach is best for doctors and patients. fist bump has been popularized in recent years by athletes and of course president obama and the first lady. >> very cool. >> dalai lama. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with live local news updates including l

they're moving in from the south pushing to the north. as we continue through the morning, we are going to see it activity for the next few hours, but it won't last all day. nonetheless, it is so welcome as you know we are in the heart of a drought. and so any moisture is a welcomed site. let me show you right now where the heaviest downpours are coming through. we had a pretty good batch of rain roll through the south bay working up towards the peninsula and up in the santa rosa area, you're fair game for your first showers throughout the morning, all that activity is pressing your way. let me give you an idea as you're headed into this afternoon. by 7:00, all the activity slated to be over yosemite and south of tahoe and then as we progress throughout tomorrow, another quick rounld of monsoonal moisture come through and we'll clear out of here as an area of low pressure comes through the weekend, cooling us down, and bringing in the dry heat. 85 degrees for the south bay today. 83 on the peninsula, and 70 degrees in san francisco. i wan

right now temperatures mostly in the 50s and 60s on our way towards the 70s and 80s. 83 for the south bay. 79 through the peninsula. five to ten degrees cooler than yesterday. the cooling trend begins and it'll ramp up through the weekend. right now here's mike and your drive. >> good morning christina. >>> good number of headlights, this is northbound 101 in san jose. it's looking good, it is a traffic tuesday, but over the summer months, that means there's no school, that's what we see, lighter volume. looks towards the rest of the south bay, construction is over here. cleared from 280 at 17, and that was about a half hour ago since that's cleared. northbound 87 at taylor, we have reports of a new crash there. there's an ambulance heading to the scene because the single car hit something in the center divide. possibly in the fast lane, stay over to the right. there's slowing on the sensors, that's about it for the south bay and the rest of your way bay. we're talking about construction over by the maze and something going on highway 13, for now back to you. >> thank you. >>> new thi

especially in the south bay though. you'll notice the shower streams in from south to north, and really the general nature is a clock wise fashion. and that's an indication that high pressure is firmly in control. so this is subtropical moisture that's coming through. and look at this little cell that's moving over redwood city, just rolled through palo alto as it continues to move north through the next 15, 20 minutes. count on slick conditions through there. and you might get a car wash. this is where we're heading as we head throughout the day. high pressure is going to stay strong. we'll be muggy with a few showers early and clear out that moisture throughout the afternoon. on shore flow fights to take control of our weather pattern. it's going to gain the control through tomorrow, but for today, 85 degrees, sticky out there in the south bay, 83 degrees for the peninsula. 81 degrees on the east shore, 70s straight up in san francisco today. and 82 in the north bay. so we'll talk about that dooming trend -- cooling tr

the year they left south korea is written on the placards. re than 5,000 children were sent to america and europe. as south korea developed economically, the nature of the overseas adoption program started to change. it became increasingly common for unwed single mothers to send their children to adoptive parents overseas. since the 1990s more than 90 of the program's children were born to such women. kim later called on society to help unwed single mothers to raise their own children and reduce the number of overseas adoptions. as a result of his activities the issue was taken up by the media and pressure to review the system mounted. in 2007, kim and his supporters made a breakthrough. the government modified its policy and made overseas an option when no adoptive parents could be found within south kor korea. this only applied to babies under five months old, however. in 2010, the mothers finally began making themselves heard after forming the country's first ever unwed single mothers association. the women hold regular events in the capita

to the south, though, look at this traffic from castro valley, it is heavy. bumper-to-bumper remark and grabbing the nimitz it is going to be the brakes and southbound into fremont at their ton avenue we have a two-car crash with possible injuries and delays from highway 84 so it is taking on a few extra minutes. eric and kristen? >>> agreeing news in oakland the highway 13 has re-opened after a deadly accident forced the closing of the southbound lane near redwood road. a man crashed a gold cadillac at 1:00 o'clock and speed was a your factor in the crash. the same car was reported driving recklessly on highway 24 near the caldecott tunnel a few minutes earlier. >> in vallejo police are trying to put together what happened in a bizarre shooting that left a woman dead and a neighbor under arrest. amy hollyfield is on the scene. >>> we have learn more of the situation. a woman who lived in the apartment building says the man who was arrested in a racist and he has yeted hailful things at the black maintenance man who lived here and he is known for doing that. t

on the maps, it's easy with the live shot here. south of here slowing starting the 238 and past 92. 92, more pacific toward the peninsula. it will track toward fremont. over west 580 earlier crash cleared backup, another crash at el charro, that may leave the car lanes a few minutes. pattern standard as well as south 680. no major delays, though b.a.r.t. had a tough start out of the hayward line. we have all trains back on schedule for the roads and rails. san jose, volume of traffic starting to kick in now. it's slow approaching capitol expressway past 286, 80, continuing to san jose international airport. back to you. >>> back out to san jose, live look at the weather and the skies. looks like fab russ, just like christina loren said it would. >> sun blazing in, almost misleading. you know only climbing to 79 degrees. not a bad day. not a bad day. 6:50 now. we have a lot to go over. just a little bit of time. 66 in oakland. 66 in san francisco. it's mild out there at the coast. it has something to do with our ocean currents. that's wha

plentiful sun in the south bay. d 70s in july is always a treat. 79 degrees for us here, 74 on the peninsula. 65 degrees in san francisco for today. getting into wine country all weekend long, holding on to the low 80s. so today, tomorrow, saturday, and sunday. gorgeous conditions up there in oakland this weekend, beautiful conditions will persist as well. upper 60s to low 70s, and then yeah, we'll stay steady in the tri-valley as well with the low 80s coming your way. really a beautiful weekend. no extremes in sight, you will notice on the bottom of your screen, we are going to warm up tuesday and wednesday of next week. and here is a preview of the places that will likely be jam packed this weekend. earlier you can get out there, the better off you'll be when it comes to the crowds if you don't to want experience those crowds. 74 degrees bodega bay. 75 on sunday. surf's up, large northwest swells out there. you might to want keep in mind, could see a risk. rip currents. we'll talk about that tomorrow. let's check y

in the south, the solidly democratic south, it was a different story. e southern states outright. the same state where fdr had racked up 99% of the vote, goldwater got 58%. in alabama, he had 68%. in mississippi, in mississippi, he got 87% of the vote. and it's only gotten more hopeless for democrats in the south. especially the deep south in the 50 years since then, lbj had no idea just how right he was. that's hardball for now. have a safe and happy 4th of july weekend, all in with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight, we are "all in." >> usa. usa! >> the immigration wars are back. >> go back home. >> migrant women and children turned away by angry protesters in southern california. >> this is normandy beach of our fathers. >> with more buses coming today, the counter protests. >> what are the people of escondido and muir yetta afraid of? 9-year-olds? >> we'll bring you the latest on the ongoing crisis on the border. then, east jerusalem, this time a palestine ab ductsed and killed. >> we were on the other side with the palestinians.

we think this will move to the south later today. more showers and potentially thunderstorms will fire up along those boundaries. there is the potential for rain across the region. the highest chance is as you travel to the south. they have a 30-40 percent chance. much of the country has that cold front that moved through the caused a big problem for us. all of along the ohio river valley. portions of the southwest and northwest as well. there rain on all corners of the country. here you can see we have showers and potentially thunderstorms. the percent chance today. would dry out tonight. partly cloudy. tomorrow we're down to 54 by the end of tonight. into to are we warm up to 70 degrees. cooler than normal. but the big vortexes is going to drop in and keep the temperatures on the downside for the next few days. today's high temperature is 79. wind out of the west up to 20 mi.. tonight we go down to 54. partly cloudy. we will be breezy. 20 percent chance of showers on tuesday. it will be cool. wednesday we make 71 with sunshine. >> s

it will encompass 4 hundred and 757 thousand square feet and talk about the connection between the south and north and the expanded lobbies and a new canopy and the new bridge with a new bridge is improves the pedestrian circulation to make it more usable. we have known for a long time in order to remain competitive we've got to expand moscone we know moscone is in a neighborhood where people own and live and the people car about the community. when we start to look at the project we wanted to make sure it was done in partnership with the community over the passing past year and a half we've held over 2 dozen community meetings and one-on-one meetings with the community leaders and we've listened to the concerns and based on the feedback from those meetings the building design has been revised and it's restraining order stronger and the massing has been reduced it meets the expansion for the city and meets the demands of the community. we also wanted to use the opportunity for this project to better weave moscone into the surrounding neighborhood and cape with the destine that activates

no surprises across the bay or in the south bay. northbound routes continuing to move smoothly all the way up the peninsula. look let's at foster city. camera coming off the san mateo bridge off the high-rise, easy, light drive there. southbound 101 through san rafael. easy volume from petaluma down into san rafael. i got to say the cool phrase, back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. >>> 5:21, new this morning, germany's foreign minister says he will meet with u.s. secretary of state john kerry this weekend in an effort to renew the friendship between the two countries o an quote honest basis. it stems from a ten days that the u.s. recruits two german nationals to spy on germany. yesterday germany demanded the cia station chief in berlin leave the country immediately. there's also distress between the u.s. and germany. last year information released by secret leaker edward snowden revealed the u.s. was eves dropping on cell phone calls by their german chancellor. some pretty amazing video to show you out of india where it appears a vale

moisture coming up out of the south. we'll let you know what it means for the rest of your sunday morning forecast when we come right back. >>> 7:15 on your sunday morning. a live picture there. from palo alto. moving ahead to also a shot from san francisco. that's the embarcadero, starting and ending spot for 26,000 sf marathoners. more on that coming up. >>> it's not the picture they were hoping for. san francisco art store popular with painters is finding itself in the same trouble as many of its artist without a place to share its wears. the search for a new home is anything but black and white. >> reporter: san francisco's history is a long colorful one and so is the story of flax art and design store. >> we got our start here in san francisco in 1938. >> reporter: here color leaf prs the shelves. and from a plain gray cabinet upstairs. >> is that little bit of our history cabinet. these are some of the old catalogs that we had. these are old photos. that's my dad. >> reporter: it paints a vivid picture of a store's

in the south bay, but wasn't caused by speed. the motorcyclist topped out at 100 miles an hour before he was killed. >>> plus they won't wear a badge, but they will be patrolling your neighborhood. why the south bay could hire nearly a dozen water cops. >>> meanwhile, no need for the sprinklers this morning, up in loren county, look at all that rainfall coming in as we head throughout the day, we are going to see these showers clear, but we still have heavy bachs moving on shore. tracking these to the minute to your doorstep, and we're tracking a heat wave as well. lots to go over in your microclimate weather forecast. >>> and that rain came through, the city and the east bay, we'll talk about whether or not it's affecting your drive and i'll have to say, wet roadways clearly coming up. >>> and taking a live look outside from the south bay this morning, kind of a refreshing way to wake up. especially for july. it's the 22nd already. and this is "today in the bay." >>> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning

the it makes south korean goods more expensive overseas. we'll keep a cross that and talk about it on "gmt" coming up in an hour's time. how about this retail giant. the french giant is pulling out of india closing five stores. it's operated since 2010. india's retail market is difficult for foreign retailers to crack into even though the government made it easier back in late 2012. >>> how about this pot going to pot. the start of legal marijuana sales begins in washington state today. both washington and colorado states voted in 2012 to legalize marijuana for adults over 21 and create state license systems for growing, selling, taxation. it means the public can buy marijuana legally without a doctor's note. it's expected to be pricey because of a limited supply from growers. it's heavily taxed 25%. 25% at wholesale and retail. additional sales taxes on top of that. we're going to cover this story on "gmt" in over an hour's type. lots going on. tweet me at @bbc aaron. there's been studies in uk for legalizing marijuana. if they taxed it, th

on the south bay, the fair starts today, further south than that. we're looking at 152, one lane of the westbound direction towards the bay area, if you pass there, it's still closed. it was a tomato spimed overnight because tomato is a fruit as we know. no one was injured. none damaged as far as we know. toward the transit systems, all looking on times. good options for you to ride instead of drive and looking towards the earlier crash reported 680. stone valley road, no injuries reported, but ambulance headed there for precautionary reasons. the rest of the bay looking good. and palo alto moving smoothly, right back to you. >> all right. mike. there's 101, thank you very much. >> cars are actually doing that. >> it's stop and go in this early hour. >>> coming up, update to that massive water break making a swamp of the ucla campus. how workers tried to clean up thes me ended up in the hospital. >>> and a desperate 911 calm made during the heat of the day. oh my goodness. this is like pooh bear, save this guy's life. how firefighters managed to get

, still have the system lurking off to the south across portions of virginia, north carolina, so outer banks not looking at the best beach day today. certainly better not the jersey shore, delaware beaches not so bad on your stepping out the door right now, light jacket in some spots, especially for the poconos, where it is only in the 50's, 68 at the airport, six an in wilmington, and 61 right now atlantic city. boy, cool for july. average high line at 87. notice how the past five days have been well below that line. we've averaged about 83, about four, 5 degrees below normal. right through the weekend and we will stay actually couple every degrees below normal today. eight an in the city, maybe isolated shower in the poconos, that's about it, back to you. >> here is a look at stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 106 will be following for you today. new leader of the institute of the brothers of christian schools has local ties having grown up in southwest philadelphia. governor tom corbett says he's concerned with the federal government's handling of thousands of chi

even in the south bap we'll talk about that in a minute. right now tracking showers right now on their way to santa rosa. this is the last batch of rain that's significant. as it moves up in the next 15 minutes to half hour, we're going to be down with the rainfall, measurable precipitation here in the bay area. overall, comfortable temperatures today. 81 degrees good air quality. 76 on the east shore and 68 degrees today in sfraebs. here's the warm-up. temperatures, wednesday into thursday really feeling the impact. we're going to get three really comfortable days, then we will get gorgeous beach weather out of this as well. thursday into friday, temperatures in the mid-70s in san francisco. 80s on the way to santa cruz. let's check your drive, maybe on your way to work, here's mike to help you out. >>> we're looking over here towards palo alto. north 101 from willow and university all the way into the city. smooth drive here. southbound, picking up a little volume through palo alto. let's show you the maps, we're talking about a smooth dri

level off into the upper 70s, low 80s all weekend long here in the south bay. meanwhile, mid-60s in san francisco, bring a jacket if you're heading to the city. clear skies in the afternoon, just gorgeous conditions out there. we will keep you updated on what's happening across the bay area for the weekend. that's coming up right now back to you, scott and laura. >> thanks so much, christina. >>> 4:50, today the south bay will respond to the increasing threat of the west nile virus. just one day, santa clara vector control found 16 birds infected with west nile. so tonight, crews will fog for mosquitos near the coopertino, sunniville border. this will be the 11th fogging this year in santa clara county. >>> this week, the state gave bay area water agencies the power to hand out $500 fines to water wasters. tonight two meet lgs take place to figure out exactly how to do that. the alameda county water district holding a public hearing in fremont to consider fines and drought surcharges to reduce the cost of water. that meeting starts at 6:00 tonight at the water d

smooth flow towards the dublin interchange. south 680 into sunol. that vehicle ran out of gas over there, vargas, sounds like everything's off to the shoulder and i don't see additional slowing, better flow of traffic into fremont. 880 into the south bay, and the northbound routes throughout the south bay taking up that volume again kicking in, we didn't get a lot of relief after the first burst. no delays for the roads or rails, that's a good flow of traffic. we'll look at palo alto along the corridor, and smooth drive north past willow and continuing up into san francisco, back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> earlier this year, we found out beloved comic book krark archy is going -- character archy is going to die. it's an intense storyline. here's a look at an image released by archie comics. he will die taking a bullet for his gay best friend. his death will mark the conclusion of the series that focuses on the grown-up version of archie and his pals. so who shot archie? so far it's a secret. the issue will be released tomorrow. >> if you're thin

levels approaching the unhealthy range, but south bay, the worst there. there's a reason why, winds shift more out of the north and going to shove a lot of the worst air quality right down to the santa clara valley. if you suffer from respiratory problems and allergies, tomorrow is going to be a tough day for you, especially in the south bay. let's get you into the microclimate forecast as we head throughout friday. a beautiful day when it comes to sky conditions in san jose, but we're cranking up the heat. the 99 degrees tomorrow, dangerous levels of heat. saratoga, 101. for the peninsula, beach weather here in pacifica, san francisco, unusually warm weather, temperatures in the upper 70s to also low 80s. north bay, east bay, tri-valley, 100 degrees there in napa and sunny skies and for the east bay, anywhere from 86 in oakland to 101 in walnut creek. your eyes also going to livermore, hottest temperature with 103 degrees. again, with temperatures like this, you want to make sure tomorrow to drink plenty of water and take frequent breaks outside. it is g

easy flow ashld the bay. southbit, there's a, gentle build, i want to point out the slower spot here for livermore. after an earlier flight around lir more, the whole zone which has remained the slowest spot about 45. no problems tort dublin interchange, getting out of the area through livermore heading out of the area to the central valley and to tahoe we're going to have early afternoon slowing starting today. keep that in mind. san jose live look shows you a light volume of traffic just starting to build here. and watch anywhere south of san jose heading towards hol ster, 15 # 2, 101, a lot of motorcycles heading down there for hol ster rally. about 150,000 guests expected all weekend, back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> we have new details to share this morning at 6:52 about a backyard fire pit that exploded overnight in campbell. six girls were sitting around that pit at the time. bob redell live outside the house where it happened and two girls went to the hospital, we understand. >> reporter: they

it said this the cheering squad is to improve relations with the south. they demanded the cans ration of u.s. south korea joint military drills. cheerleaders from the north have made appearances at international sports events in the south before. the spokesperson for south korea's unification ministry said his government plans to prepare for their participation. the games kick off in september. >>> authorities around the world are scrambling to track down on a trend. they are trying to close loopholes to close people from using new psycho active substances. they are pointing to recent events as proof that something should be done. >> last month a man ran his car into pedestrians killing one woman. he admitted to using a drug called fake marijuana. over the weekend, another driver also high on mps caused a multiple car pileup. japanese authorities say they arrested one of 50 drivers under the influence of mps from 2012 to 2013. nhk analyzed the data to find out about the trend. we found since april more than 10 people who use mps have died. in japan some in

mainly on the south and west side. that prompted the mayor and the police chief to attend an anti violence vigil last night with community activists. he called the violence senseless and said more officers on the street will not solve the problem. >> it's a fair question, what were the police doing? i would also say where of the gun laws? not just where the police? where are the gun laws we need comprehensive background checks. >> the mayor also cited parental responsibilities and reiterated the problem of easy access to guns. after the vigil last night, one of the activists who was there claims he was shot at while out visiting with reformed gang members on the west side. with spoke with jack and diane brown just a short time ago and we will bring you more on that in the next few minutes. back to you. >>we're following breaking news in afghanistan. four nato service members have been killed in a suicide attack. it happened in bagram near a school where soldiers were handing out supplies to children. an afghan official

this happening again in the south bay right now. as we take a closer look, it looks like it's from the rooftop right now and hopefully they will get some control on this soon. >> good sized house, too. and the winds look like they're whipping up, too, right, lawrence? >> scary around there. you can see the trees aren't moving very much so really the winds are light now into san jose and humidity fairly high so i think they will get a handle on it quickly. the chopper is above the scene of the four-alarm fire that continues to burn towards san jose. looks like they are starting to get a handle on that. you can see the color of the smoke starting to turn a little white. that usually means they are get a lot of water vapor that's induced up into the atmosphere now so that's a good sign that they will be soon putting that fire out. >> look how close the tree is to that home so luckily that's not going up in flames. looks like people have been evacuated. so that's the good news, as well. so this is in the south bay, uhm, 4300 block of ham

romo's school was in the south where he was in the target of racism. he remembers a day when he was a pitch away from breaking the school strikeout record. his coach came to the mound and yanked him from the game. >> he said, no mexicans are going to set a record at my school, especially one that i feel that doesn't deserve it. >> reporter: the incident still helps motivate romo when he's on a big league mound and rather than have a mission graduates see themselves in him, romo says it's quite the opposite. number 54 says he sees a sergio romo in every one of these students. >> now, today was made possible by 21st century solutions. it's a group providing grants and partnership with nbc universal foundation. it gives $50 million grants to non-profit coming up with new and innovative ideas. if you'd like to apply, go to our area and look for the 21st century solutions link. still ahead, you probably noticed sticker shock at the grocery store, how much more it will cost you to stock up for the holiday weekend and the one item that's skyrocketing. >>> and

more storms to the south. that is coming up. >>> we got video we will show you of the thunderstorms in san francisco. send us your weather photos and video at ureport@kgo-tv.com. you can post them on facebook page or share them with us on twitter twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> a california company is recalling fruits that could be contaminateed at trader joes including peaches and cherries we also sold at costco and sam's. >> police in denver are investigating one of their own when he pulled over a uber driver and claimed it was illegal. the drive and passenger were pulled over by the officer would said the ride-sharing service was illegal and wrote a speeding limit. it is legal if colorado. denver police opened an internal investigation and apologized to the man. >> we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. >> it is busy. the storm is losing the punch moving through san francisco at van ness and through the marina district. we will show you how it will move over open water and maybe angel island and it could h

conditions in the south bay. things in perspective, average is 83. cooler than average. 66 in san francisco. meanwhile, 82 for the north bay. if you're headed out and about on the east shore today count on the building breeze, 70, beautiful temperature. 84 tri-valley. preview of your weekend temperatures which will stay steady. not too hot. trying to make those plans, low 80s for us in the south bay san francisco. mid-60s. we have wind to talk about. and some fantastic events. stick around, next report. mike and your drive. >> san jose with an easier drive, starting to build up for the second burst of the morning. right on schedule here. as we look at south bay map, 152, i talked about that crash and closure, that is cleared for folks out of hollis ter and toward 101 and bay area. rest of the south bay, slowing, 101, 87 through san jose, no surprises there. this is a big surprise, fremont, we have that closure and for another few hours, fremont boulevard between decoto road and ferry, one block to the north there

from the peninsula and the south bay. as we get into tomorrow, temperatures are going to stay level. friday we'll boost your temperature up a degree. that's the peak of it. into the weekend, temperatures level off. not too bad across the board. >>> mosquitoes carrying west nile virus found on friday leading to another round of fogging tonight. fogging planned for a mile mile radius where the mosquitos were found testing positive. on this map, highway 101 north of the san mateo bridge. crews fog between 9:00 tonight and 5:00 tomorrow morning. afterward crews collect more mosquitos in the area to test them to see if they are carrying the virus. >> pleasanton park may reopen today. park officials say water quality tests at shadow cliffs park show bacteria levels significantly improved since the park was closed last week. geese, whose normal watering holes dried up in the drought, overran the park in abundance of goose droppings contributed to the e. coli contamination. >> 4:50 now. >>> a favorite returns to the small screen,

over here to the south bay. this is the impact it's having, scott, the traffic slowing, we see from north 101, and clear typical for a friday, but here we've been noticing that slower drive for about a half hour now heading up out of santa clara and towards sunniville approaching the expressway. where that off-ramp is still cloegsed, derek showed us they had that car loaded up. and there was some glass on the roadway too, still clean up to go on, we're expecting that opening by 6:30 perhaps. maybe just shortly after. for now you can use bours, take that south to scott and back over towards lawrence expressway. this should clear up as that distraction really is the biggest issue that clears from the roadway. as we get a look up there, we have a live shot from derek, look at that, they have that truck on the back of the pickup truck. there's still some glass i've seen scattered around the area. a little more clean up and hopefully reopen well before 7:00, but again, we'll track this. this is off of northbound 101 a

but check it out, high pressure over the next 24 hours, moving off to the south a bit. that will get onshore flow going, patchy fog at the coastline, gradually cooling temperatures by tuesday. by wednesday, that ridge really starts to dip down and temperatures begin to decrease. thursday, looks like the coolest part of the week with some fog really beginning to ramp up at that immediate coastline. let's take a look at the temperature profile for tomorrow and you can see it's still going to be hot inland, but not as warm. livermore going to 93 degrees, average 85. and you can see it will be closer to average in san francisco with a mix of 60s and 70s. a further look at the forecast, you can see throughout our tuesday, we'll keep the sunshine in here, fire danger will be up across san jose. temperatures, though, touch cooler, 88 expected in downtown, morganhill, 92. for the peninsula, pacifica, 62, san francisco should get temperatures knocked down by about 5 to 7 degrees, so take the jacket if you're headed to s.f. it's not going to be nearly as warm as it has been the pa

looking at the maps, slower drive south from the castro valley, south 880, slows past 92 where folks move over to the right to get over to that bridge. moving smoothly and slowly as you approach an earlier crash at stevenson, south 880 slows there and clear path into the south bay. 680 starts that build through sunol. typical for the tri-valley, and south bay northbound 101 slows off of kpool expressway now across the golden gate bridge. we'll give you a live look and show you there's fog on the north side of the bridge. it's not much of an issue, and not a surprise to travel across the bridge. know what to expect, as christina said, it'll be there for you. >> thank you very much. >>> 6:36, giants have gone cold against a red hot a's in the battle of the bay. is it too late for the giants to turn things around? amy g. has a preview in your black and orange update up next. >>> northbound bay area -- nbc bay area, honored with three national awards for excellence in breaking news coverage, fooech reporting, and public service in television journalism, all from the society of professiona

but if, in fact, the republicans are committed to this policy of surrounding the south with a cordon of freedom, and i think the evidence is quite clear that that's how republicans were talking and that's how secessionists were talking but you're talking back and forth to one another in congress think the secession source in italy because if we don't leave they're going to translate a scorpion until it kills itself. they are not going to come you. they're going to surround us. everyone understood the terms of the debate. they leave because they wouldn't submit to the cordon of freedom. that's what secession was all about. they believed like most americans in the middle of the 19th century that their future depended on expansion. and in some ways we talk about civil war as a war of what kind of the union the states was going to begin. a union with slaves or without but it was also a war over what kind of empire the united states would be. based on freedom or an empire based on slavery? they are assuming, all operating for more a list in peerless functions in the sense they need to and

vta through the south bay, no problems, and the rest of the bay, typical schedule, south 880 through in the southbound direction to. the tri-valley has your typical slowing here north 80 shows a heavier volume and traffic and that is a concern. we're looking over towards north 101 as well. then skipped over one of the cameras. we're going to end with oakland past the coliseum. we talked about the building commute. it's north of high street. easy drive to high street and slower through downtown and the southbound side builds here and through the bridge, back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. >>> it is 6:50, today medical marijuana supporters are protesting new restrictions put out by the city of san jose. the city is forcing pot clubs to shut down starting next week. >> lucero benitez is live where protesters will start gathering soon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it's expected that many marijuana users along with supporters will be out here today in front of city hall in san jose protesting what could be next week's potential shut down of the majority of pot shops here in the

the rest of the south bay moves nicely as well. 'll show you the traffic flow for the tri-valley which has your slowing coming up, back to you. >>> food distributors sisco will have to pay $20 million in fines. the nbc bay area investigation from last year discovered the tluks dropping off raw meat and milk and other perishable foods in unrefrigerated sheds. ur report triggered an investigation by the state health department which ultimately filed a lawsuit against the company. the company agreed to settle for $19.4 million. now in a statement, the ceo said, we accept responsibility for the break down in our system in california, and we've taken this opportunity to improve our practices. >>> happening today, san jose will start closing down cannabis clubs throughout the city as tough new restrictions go into effect. about a third of the pot shops will be ordered to close today with more shut downs expected in the coming months. among other things, the new rules limit where shops can operate and the restrictions make it impossible fo

be prepared far detour if that is the case. south of there though, and you've heard about this, but we're going to remind you that 17 is open after yesterday's closure. but we do have a lot of repair work going on for the pavement and the guardrail. yesterday's closure lasted until 5:00:30d p.m. over ten hours of closures you guys, that's a tough, tough drive to and from santa cruz yesterday. tri-valley shows a little bit of slowing west 580 as you're approaching el charro. we have the construction croups moving, and that's why there's a slow down there. meanwhile approach to the bay bridge moves nicely. in the city tonight, giants play the d-backs. post-work traffic and folks moving around the city, more folks in town on a friday night trying to get entertainment like the giant's game. take bart, muni, or caltrans. no delays reported right now, but you have something going on this weekend, right? >> we will in just a moment, thank you very much. >>> still in the middle of summer, but today hundreds of parents will get their kids rea

>>> yeah, we have some just to the south right now. actually not completely out of the ordinary. we get these monsoonal showers ere single summer. this summer so far has been rather robust, but i can tell you, we do run a slim chance for getting some of that lightning right here in the bay area today. it's at about 10%, but still, don'ts me around. sky turns dark, you know what's going on for today. and get indoors as fast as you can. 62 degrees in livermore. it's not like the sky is going to open up and doom and gloom all the sudden occurs, but we want you to be safe and especially if you're out at the beach for the little ones. we're still getting those really warm currents. sop if you are going to be headed to the beach, if that's how you plan on keeping cool today, we want you to keep cool out there, just make sure you're staying aletter. keep tuned -- staying alert. keep tuned into the forecast. check your phone, we'll be updated and check my facebook page if anything ever happens, i want to let you know as soon as possible. takin

the south. the disturbance or low pressure will stay to the south. this is taking all the gulf moisture and keeping it way down to the south. we don't have to worry about any rain for the whole weekend. this ridge doesn't break down. it won't break down until we get into next wednesday. then we have the potential for showers and storms. but we are dry until then. 79 degrees today. tonight slow down to 62. typical high would be 84. 82 on saturday. sunday we gain one degree. >> will want to give you an update on the orange park accident read along route 7. they just clear this at south bound 143. cars will be getting through without any problems. heads up, pick work on the kennedy. it would be in express lanes. they will be closed starting at 10:00 tonight. not opening again until monday at 5. this is the ongoing work over by the ohio street bridge. it won't impact the local lanes. just the express lanes. it will impact the jackson on ramp that will be blocked for the weekend. we will talk more abo

that will include a large demonstration in the south bay. they will be outside of the silicon valley event that happens around noontime. they will be call canning on the president to deal with the humanitarian crisis on the border and pushing for him to deal with the thousands of unaccompanied children making their way into the u.s. we expect the president to leave the intercontinental hotel in the south of market area around 9:00 and head to the four season, just a few blocks away. that begins at 9:20 this morning. keep this mind, there will be rolling street closures here in san francisco. so you obviously want to make sure you plan ahead here. some of the streets could be backed up in this area as the president makes his way to that fund-raising event a short time from now. live this morning in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> 7:06. san francisco police are investigating a homicide just two blocks away from that hotel where the president is staying. police say after 11:00 last night, a patrol unit w

the rest of the south bay moving smoothly. a little build for the burst starting up for northbound around 680. typical pattern, same thing for the mass transit system. we have no delays reported in the south bay, vta, all the way up the peninsula. caltrans for the city, smooth drive across ournd the bay for bart and the bay bridge toll plaza. we have the cash lanes backing up. christina was talking about the lights on the bridge, lights only cabling, but the metering lights, those are still off for another couple of minutes, back to you. >>> speaking of traffic if you're headed downtown concord, expect some delays for a while for the next two months, crews will be replacing the sewer line. delays will also be on willow pass road. work will be done during the week between 8:00 in the morning and 6:00 p.m. the road will be open to traffic, but some lanes may be closed as crews work on the project schz expected to last until the end of next month. >>> meanwhile, all is back to normal on lombard street. open to car the after anothe