Exciting. 4 30. Quite early, but im happy to see my coworkers, including meteorologist kari hall. How have you been . Great. Good morning. Welcome back. We start out with a nice cool morning compared to what we will feel as we go through the day. Its about to heat up out there and that may not be what you want to hear on an early monday morning. Now as we look at the forecast for today 82 degrees in the east bay, San Francisco 76 degrees and look for a high of 92 degrees in the north bay. We will also have some of those 90s in the south bay and peninsula today topping out at 84 degrees. To the weather today in some spots and it gets hotter as we go through the week. Good morning, mike. How are you roads flowing . Very light traffic right now but i have our fremont camera returned over toward 880 past tesla and toward mission boulevard. It this is fine right here. A little farther south there was a crash right here, south 880 at montague expressway. This is eaffecting only the off ramp itself. Very light traffic here. Around the rest of the bay you are at speed all across the bay area. A new issue pops up o for hayward, we will check on that coming up. We begin now with a developing story and a desperate search underway for this missing eightyearold of out of santa cruz. She disappeared from her apartment complex and authorities are doing whatever they can to find her. Today in the bay Stephanie Chuang live in our San Francisco newsroom with what we know so far. Steph. Reporter a desperate search is right. Overnight sanity cruz police say they are working around the looking for this missing eightyearold girl. This is madison middleton. She has been missing since 4 00 yesterday afternoon. Last seen at her apartment complex at 1030 river street, she was on her white razor scooter wearing a purple knee high dress with black leggings, pad son also thrown as maddie 4 feet tall, weighs 48 pounds. The Santa Cruz Police department has been canvassing areas around there, calling in additional officers and detectives from its department as well as the Sheriffs Office search and rescue team and especially trained search and rescue k9 unit from the state office of emergency services. Police asking anyone to report any possible sightings, even if you are not sure, because they can play a Critical Role in finding a missing child like maddie here. Police have set up a Search Center along highway 9, we have a crew gathering the latest and we will bring them to you when we get them. Live in our San Francisco newsroom, Stephanie Chuang, today in the bay. 4 33. Happening now, injured on the front line, a wildfire battle this in Nevada County sent four firefighters the to the hospital. The lowell fire is threatening some 2000 homes just north of interstate 80. This morning there are mandatory evacuations in place. So far, though, the fire has charred 1,500 acres and we have learned of the four firefighters injured, three of expected to be treated and released in the next several hours. We do have four firefighters that suffered some burn injuries that were transported to uc davis. Right now the exact incident still under investigation to determine what exactly happened, why the firefighters were on the line. This morning 800 firefighters are on that front line with more on the way. The fire is 15 contained. Firefighters are cautiously optimistic hoping the winds stay in their favor today. Meantime, cooler weather this weekend helped crews battling a massive wild tire near lake berryessa. The nearly 7,000 acre wragg fire is now 60 contained. Significant improvement from last week. Firefighters expected it to be fully under control by tomorrow. All road closures and evacuation orders have now been lifted. That fire was initially thought to have been started by a vehicle crash, but the official cause still remains under investigation. Firefighters in lake county have gained the upper hand on a destructive brush fire there. The dam fire broke out around 5 00 last night in clear lake north of santa rosa. This morning the flames are out but firefighters are keeping a close eye on hot spots. Two homes were destroyed, an Apartment Building damaged in that eight acre fire. About 100 people were evacuated, all back in their homes right though, but not everyone who was told to leave did. One man told us he stayed behind to keep an eye on his home and watched as that tire came dangerously close. It got the trees all the way over to spread towards the b building, down the hill, wrapped back up around towards walmart. Lucky to be okay. The cause is under investigation and a no one was hurt. Vallejo police say a driver is dead after apparently being shot and then crashing his car. 911 calls came in about 9 00 last night after shots were fired near the area of oak wood and red wood parkway. Minutes later more calls about a car crash. The driver of a black acura lost control and hit three other cars. Firefighters this to use the jaws of life to get the man out of the car but he died at the scene. Investigators believe a gunshot wound and not the crash may have killed him. At 4 36. A suspected car jacker recovering after police shot him near San Francisco international airport. Investigators say around 7 00 sunday is morning they found a stolen car crashed into a pole near san bruno avenue. When the officers found the suspect they say he took off and then tried to car jack other vehicles. Police say the suspect eventually turned on an officer. Witnesses say the suspect told police to shoot him. The first shot was heard by an officer and by the driver of the vehicle that the independent witness, that appears to have gone into the ground and then the second round as the suspect advances on the officer that suspect in serious condition it this morning. The officer was not injured. Its 4 36. The teenager charged with stabbing a nineyearold boy to death in his own bed is back this in court today. We could find out whether he is competent to stand trial. Defense attorneys for 18yearold William Shultz say Mental Illness played a role in the stabbing of jordan almgren. Shult is friends with the almgrens and was sleeping over at their house the night of the stabbing. The teen has pleaded not guilty. Big changes coming to palo alto train tracks and tonight residents will get a chance to hear what exactly is in store. In an effort to boost safety the city and cal train will try to further limit access to the cal train corridor. This coming in response to the high rate of suicides, especially among teenagers. The project includes new cameras and higher fencing. The crews are expected to do that work next month, but tonight city and School Officials are going to host a Community Meeting first. Serious water warning in las all toss. Al water says traces of e. Coli have been found in the water in the South El Monte area of los altos. No one should drink the water straight out of the tap. They are urging people to boil the water for at least a minute. Authorities are keeping a close eyen o the contamination and will let residents know when the water is safe again. So far the problem is limited to that south almonte area. We would love a little bit of rain in our forecast. We would love a lot of rain. We will take a deluge if you have it or anything really. Shes shaking her head. Quite the opposite. We are getting ready for those temperatures, they heat up as we go through the week and its going to stay hot for most of the workweek. Enjoy this, its 62 degrees now in livermore, San Francisco 58 degrees as you head out and halfmoon bay at 55 degrees. The winds have shifted and we will have more of a northwesterly wind into the afternoon. And look at the wind speeds. Here we are at noon and the winds are maybe 5, 10 miles an hour in some spots, up to about 15 and then it starts to become pick up more of an onshore flow temperatures will be pretty hot. In san jose reaching 87 degrees, 92 degrees in saratoga, Mountain View 89 degrees and in San Francisco 78 degrees, 90 in napa and walnut creek reaching the 94 degrees. I will show you the rest of the forecast for the week. I will show you just how hot it gets. Coming up this just a few minutes. Good morning. I dont want to see how hot its going to get. Looking over here towards the bay bridge, we will talk about how busy thats going to get. Right now its looking great. Look at that bay bridge, just a few folks waiting in each of those cash lanes and no big deal getting there. We will show you the big shot of the bay area, we just have that crash south 880 montague and san jose. Offer of the off ramp. This over here we did check in in hayward at a street, off of the freeway a fenderbender. Early morning crash just about ready to clear that from the chp report. No other issues. Back to you guys. How about a pick me up after that rainless forecast. New forecasts now indicate we may be in for more rain than normal this this winter and higher flood risk as well. The latest longterm forecast project el nino conditions. In the event of flooding uc santa cruz scientists have published a flood Risk Reduction report. That high rights coastal environment most in danger of flooding and method to reduce your risks. A tragic end to a young life. The daughter of a mega singing superstar dice at just 22. The eerie coincidence of the death of the daughter of whitney brown. And the owed da industry pops back. Why its taking the city of San Francisco to court. Laura ots a tragic end to a f a very good monday morning to you. A beautiful live look outside this morning. Bay bridge. Look at the colors there illuminated on the waters of the bay. A tragic end to a brief life. Nbc news confirms Bobbi Kristina brown the only daughter of the late Whitney Houston is dead at the age of 22. Her passing comes nearly six months after being found unconscious am in a bathtub. When paramedics arrived they found her boyfriend nick gordon p performing cpr. According to family members brown struggled to cope after her mothers passing. It was ruled an accident but Heart Disease and cocaine use were listed as contributing factors. The tragic similarity of events so close to the anniversary of Whitney Houstons death sparked questions. It is business czar that the same type of incident would happen involving a mother and a tower. Bobbi Kristina Brown underwent treatment at two atlanta hospitals and a rehabilitation facility, but never regained consciousness. We move now to decision 2016 and a couple of new polls showing support for donald trump is rising, even after he questioned john mccains military service. Cnns newest numbers show donald trump at the head of the pack with 18 support leading all republicans. That figure up 6 points since trumps comments about mccain. He is also just ahead of jeb bush. This is more than me. Also this is a movement going on. People are tired of these incompetent politicians in washington that cant get anything done. Meantime, staying on the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton is taking on Climate Change in iowa this morning. In a new video shes promising half a billion solar panels by the end of what would be her first term. Enough clean energy to power every home in america within ten years. Happening today, san mateo city leaders will discuss a new ban further limiting what and where to light up. City Council Hopes to follow other San Mateo County cities by including a new ban on ecigarettes. It would also extend the ban to multiunit dwellings along with parks and Service Areas like a tflt ms and bus stops. Meantime, as you talk about ecigarettes, the rising popularity of them has Health Experts a bit concerned. They think the device is erasing the progress in decreasing teen smoking. A fourth said they tried ecigarettes and almost 10 are current users. Thats double the number of teens who smoke traditional cigarette. Experts say more research a needed to figure out if ecigarettes are in fact a gateway to cigarette use. The fight over San Franciscos new legislation on soda heats up. The American Beverage Association is suing the city of San Francisco. The Beverage Association claims the legislation requiring Health Warning labels on sugary beverages and banning sewed at that ads violates the first amendment. The San Francisco board of supervisors unanimously approved the soda ordinance in june. The nations Vehicle Safety agency is slapping fiat with a 100 million fine. For more on that and the rest of our news before the bell we turn to morgan brennan. Good morning. Good morning. Stock futures are pointing to a lower open after last week, it was one of the worst markets so far this year. International fears are likely weighing on u. S. Stocks after the shanghai composite collapsed more than 8 on concerns of a slowing chinese economy. Best buy will become the first retailer other than apple stores to sell the apple watch and the watch will be Available Online and in more than 100 locations starting august 7th with another 200 Stores Planning to have them in time for the Holiday Shopping season. In apples Earnings Report last week the company did not give an exact number of watches sold since its launch but did say they were above expectations. Fiat chris clear agreed to a record breaking 105 million estimate after an investigation into the companys recall practices. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that the auto maker failed to complete 23 safety recalls covering more than 11 million vehicles. The tine includes a 70 million cash penalty, an agreement to spend at least 20 million on meeting new requirements, also a buy back of half a million vehicles. Guys, back to you. A big physical slap son the wrist there. Thank you. A historic decision is expected today by the boy scouts of america. That group could begin allowing gay leaders into its ranks for the first time. The groups executive board is considering a resolution seek to go overturn its long standing ban on gay adults. That rule would still allow religious chartered units to choose leaders whose beliefs are consistent with their own. Two years ago the Council Voted to allow gay youth to be members but not adults. Today we could learn more about upgrades coming to u. S. Airports. Joe biden and new yorks governor are expected to make an announcement about the changes. This is nine months after they announced proposals to upgrade the citys airports, especially new york city airports. In february biden said Laguardia Airport felt like it belonged in some third world country. A new report finds that car owners are paying billions of dollars in repair bills due to the nations bad roads. And the roughest ride right here in the bay area. A new report by Transportation Research group trip finds more than a quarter of the nations major urban roads are in bad shape. Now, the cost of reairing the resulting broken axles, blown tires and battered shock absorbers is causing the average urban driver 516 a year. The worst conditions in the country are in San Francisco where 74 of those roads are damaged. But those same roads still get you to your chipotle. Yes, sprinkled throughout. You might need a convertible this week and some sunscreen. Lets check that forecast with kari. It will be a hot one. So what you did yesterday tgt to get ready and head out the door will not be the same thing you need today, pack extra bottles of water, yes, the sunscreen and sunglasses and some clothes that will help you stay much cooler today. The east bay now at 63 degrees, so its still nice and cool this morning as you get the day started. 82 degrees will be the high in the east bay, San Francisco 76 degrees, but looking at the trivalley and thats where it starts to heat up, 93 degrees, also some 90s for the south bay as well as the north bay. So is we are going to get each hotter as we go through the rest of the week. Not much fog on the bay as you start out the morning. We will only have a little bit of some patchy fog on the western part of San Francisco and into the day. We are seeing all Clear Conditions across the bay. Not typical for this time of year and this untypical weather will stay with us as we go through the rest of the week. Also gusty in the hills so that makes it difficult for the crews trying to get toes wildfires under control. High pressure building in and it causes a high fire danger as well as some very uncomfortable temperatures. Am am fact, it will be dangerous as we go into the middle of the workweek. Even looking at San Francisco, we soot up into the mid 80s. If you have some air conditioning it will be on and then reaching as high as 100 degrees, 103 degrees in the trivalley for the middle of the week and then it goes back down for the end of the week into the weekend. I will have another look at the microclimate forecast coming up. Send it back to you. 4 51. For flower en thoous yasts full of life a curious gas may get with a rare bloom that smells like death. Why thousands of people are flocking to uc berkeleys Botanical Garden to witness the corpse flower. We will watch it. Over here the peninsula you dont have a problem, either. Palo alto moves nicely. We are going to give you a live shot much farther east, show you a lot of headlights coming up. Welcome back, time is. adlib welcome back, time is. adlib a very good monday morning to you. Taking a live look outside. Folks are already up and about. Quite impressive. Its about six minutes before 5 00 this morning. So is as you get your day started how much chocolate does america eat . According to the data from Business Intelligence company euro monitor its more than all of asia pacific combined. Americans will consume nearly 18 of the worlds chocolate, thats about 18 billion worth, but still switzerland eats the most chocolate in the world. Just drizzling it there. One chocolate bar a day keeps the doctor away. Dont you partake in that . I to. Mike, are you on board here or not . As an Asian Pacific american, we eat a lot this of dock lat in our house. We will see how the averages go. Over toward dublin 580 moving smoothly. Headlights westbound, obviously these folks are commuting well. No major delays. We do have your build out of the altamonte, speeds down just about 55 miles per hour. No surprises in toward the trivalley. The south bay, that crash still has activity at the montague expressway from southbound 880. Wasnt a problem for me getting off there. A smooth drive for other folks getting off the of the freeway right there. Its unlike any other flower you have seen or quite frankly smelled. We are talking about the corpse flower which puts off an odor like rotting flesh. Every few years when it blooms, thousands are coming out to see this corpse flower affectionately just called trudy in the tropical house of us berkeleys Botanical Gardens. Staff say there is a simple explanation behind the smell. They cannot pollinate themselves. They have one half of a day to be pollinated so it has to work extremely hard to attract insects. You have to be the biggest most beautiful sweetest smelling dead corpse in the jungle. Its visually stunning. You can still catch a whif of trudy. She is expected to remain open for a few more days. Strengthening winds over the weekend fueled a fire near lake tahoe threatening thousands of homes. We are keeping a close by our four firefighters injured battling the flames. A fran sick search in santa cruz where police try to track down a missing eightyearold girl. What police still need from the public. Her santa cruz apartment complex. W, she was last seen playing at her santa cruz compartment complex, now an eightyearold is missing with the Police Department asking for any help to find her. Brave firefighters injured this weekend battling the growing lowell fire mere lake tahoe. How one man is doing this morning after he suffered serious burn injuries. Its about to get very hot as we go through this week. I will show you just how hot it gets and what you can expect coming up in the microclimate forecast. And a pretty standard view of the bay bridge toll plaza but the upper east shore freeway we have a couple of issues now on the approach. Dont let that get you caught napping. I will sort that out coming up. Announcer interest from nbc bay area, this is today in the bay. A good monday morning. Im sam brock. And im laura garciacannon. We do begin with a developing story, a desperate search is underway for a missing eightyearold girl out of santa cruz. She vanished from her apartment complex yesterday and now authorities are doing whatever they can to try to find her. Today in the bay Stephanie Chuang joining us live from our is service newsroom. She was last seen at 4 00 yesterday afternoon. What do we know so far . Reporter that makes it 13 hours now almost that she has been missing. She was last seen riding her white razor scooter. She is just eight years