Now to a developing story, the rocky fire raging on this morning, more than 62000 acres charred at this point and that fire still just 12 contained. Here is a look at where the fire is actually burning, evacuations are underway with more than 6300 structures threatened near clearlake. That is one of just one of 20 wildfires burning in the state of King Abdullah right now. Its definitely one of the largest of those fires. Kris sanchez joins us right now. Reporter veteran firefighters are using words like unpress depped and erratic and part of the problem is that this fire is burning in an area where there have not been any fires am recorded hi ri. The fire is voracious, continuing to grow and deny all efforts to contain it. Although firefighters did hold the line at 12 containment, the fire jumped a major fire line, the flames spread across highway 20, winds pushing the fire north towards thousands of homes. Highway 50 was supposed to be a natural fire break. Cal fire says that the fire is driven by plumes that rise up and then create new paths for fire. Once it gets heavy enough it just falls down and spreads the fire in all kinds of directions and that creates all kinds of challenges. For the most part this this fire has a mind of its own. Reporter resources are pouring in. We told us yesterday about the deployment of two air force reserve c130s that are dropping water and fire retard an, they can refill in 12 minutes time. Thats on top of the 19 helicopters, four air tankers, nearly 300 fire engines, 40 water tenders and 3,100 firefighters already on the ground. Those are a lot of numbers but just want to point how many people, how many resources are on this fire and those firefighters must be exhausted. They have been on this very active fire fight for six days now. Theyve got to recharge. Thank you very much. As expected it is active and dangerous across the state. Firefighters being pushed to the brink as kris just mentioned. 21 fires in all burning across california, more than 100,000 acres currently on fire. Several of those fires were sparked by lightning. 9,000 firefighters are on the fire lines. The one near clearlake remains the largest. Weve posted a slide show of the fire fight on our website. You can see the challenges these crews are up against. Its on our front page at nbcbayarea. Com. Happening now at 5 03. If you have to drive through palo alto this morning a reroute might be in order. A busy intersection is closed to crews can install new traffic signa signals. Several lanes of the he will embarcadero road near town and Country Village will be shut down physical 7 00 this this morning. Close to stanford stadium. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and there will be crews out there directing traffic. If you are familiar with that area you know how crammed it can already get. The tu signals reportedly come with improved timing programs. Have you seen that . Pretty incredible video. Lifesaving. A deputy pulling a man off caltrain tracks in is sunnyvale just moments before that train rolled through. Right now the driver is recovering from minor injuries. Could have been major, but crews were at that intersection for most of the night making repairs caused by that crash. Today in the bay bob redell joining us live in sunnyvale. Bob, is the work done there . Reporter not yet, though it does appear that these workers with caltrain are finishing up their repairs of the damaged signal equipment here at the mary avenue crossing. They did tell me that this this work will not affect service during the morning commute. And this right hire, the video you are looking at is what caused the damage of that crossing. That took place between 6 45. This was between caltrain and a car stuck on the track. Law enforcement tell us the driver they believe was drunk tried to beat the con i dont meaning train, got stuck by the crossing gate and just sat there. He could have been killed or seriously hurt if it wasnt for two san mateo transit deputies who happened to be nearby. One of those deputies tried to warn the train, the other grabbed the man from the car. As you can see a couple of seconds before the train slammed into his vehicle. These deputies did not hesitate, they acted. Had they not acted, who knows what would have happened. I believe because of their actions that this person is alive today. Reporter deputies did handcuff the driver after they rescued him. Again, they are looking into whether or not he had been under the influence of alcohol and as we mentioned, they have been repairing this crossing here at mary and west evelyn avenues in sunnyvale all night long. From what i can see from my Vantage Point it does appear they are wrapping up their work. Bob redell, today in the bay. Those department wrees just happened to be in the area at the time. An incredible incredibly lucky set of circumstances. An Oakland Police officer remains in Critical Condition it this morning after he was shot by a man with an automatic rifle. Its a story we brought to you as breaking news yesterday morning. Two officers went to the door of a Sexual Assault suspect near the Macarthur Bart station. The suspect opened fire with an assault rifle. Other officers shot and killed the suspect. All of this coming less than two weeks after a Police Sergeant in hayward was killed. Some experts say the recent attacks on officers could leave officers cautious and gunshy, but a bay area lawyer who specializes in Police Misconduct thinks officers could have the opposite reaction. An officer can become who are concerned and therefore act for precipitously on situations when they probably should not. He added citizens need to be aware of their responsibility, too, and urged people not to escalate a confrontation with police. Happening today, a popular east bay restaurant is paying tribute to the fallen hayward Police Sergeant scott lunger. They plan to donate 35 of todays proceeds to benefit the lunger family. Members am of the Hayward Police department will be there to pay tribute to lunger. At 5 07. A bogus pizza delivery turned Home Invasion in palo alto. Three men are wanted for that time. This happened before 10 00 on sunday night on suzanne drive. A man posing at a pizza delivery man forced his way inside the home, two other men rushed inside the house. The family eventually scared those robbers away, here is a sketch of the fake delivery driver. Palo alto police tell us they believe the family was specifically targeted but the victims did not mow their attackers. An arson Investigation Underway after multiple suspicious fires popped up at the same apartment complex in hayward. Firefighters rushed to the court regard apartments early yesterday morning. The building on silva avenue right off of highway 92. The fires were burning had in the laundry room and separate stairwells, more than 100 people had to be evaluated. Weve been talking about the fact there are nearly two dozen fires raging throughout california right now, obviously the rocky fire north of the bay area, kari hall joining us. Are our conditions going to help firefighters out . No, its still going to be breezy and driechlt we havent had any rain. Theres mott a lot had in the forecast. It is a mild start with clouds starting to move p and a bit more cloud cover today and breezy. Into the night we will have some slow leering in spots, sunset at 812 oik. Now the temperatures at 65 degrees in livermore, sunnyvale 59 and napa 58 degrees. Cool start to the day and warming up nicely. Gilroy a high of 86 degrees, palo alto 79 and the outer sunset will be in the mid 60s while the north bay tops out at 80 it degrees in napa, oakland 73 degrees, livermore a high of 81 degrees. Today temperatures pretty much like yesterday but not as much sunshine in some spots. We will talk more about that and the gradual warming trend thats headed this way. Its coming up in less than ten minutes. Lets see how traffic is moving. We start with this overall view of the bay, no major issues. The crash at 237 looks like theres no slowing. Over heres this is the only thing over than green westbound coming out of the at more, you are clear by the time you get into the altamonte. Some debris right around that isabelle interchange. A little build for 84. We will look at the bay bridge toll plaza because we did have some folks pulled over at the side. What goes on just before 5 00 some folks pull over illegally waiting for that fast track lanes to kick in. Hov lanes also kicking in. Get a price break once 5 00 hits. A smooth drive at the toll plaza. Back to you. Its supposed to be a show and tell about new technology created had had Silicon Valley, but at the white house today bay area Venture Capitalists have Something Else on their minds. What they plan to tell the president. And a liquid lunch that will not get you in had trouble with the boss. We will take a look ahead as business and technology news. Announcer youre watching today in the bay. A very good tuesday morning. Taking a live look outside, beautiful bay bridge nice clear start to our morning. A cooler day ahead. Also a followup this morning to a story we first told you about yesterday. An suv suddenly ak is sell rated while going through a car wash and crossed several lanes of traffic. Now car wash employees say it wasnt the first time. The 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee suddenly accelerated out of a car wash in green bay over the weekend and across 101 with a car wash employee still inside. Luckily the employee wasnt hurt. He said it was in neutral when it took off. People at other car washes have reported similar problems with that type of car. The chp says water may be shortcircuiting the vehicles electronics. We are doing research that indicates there may be a recall involving these vehicles. We did take the vehicle to be inspected by chp investigators. No word for jeep this this morning. A source tells us the car wash is considering banning some Jeep Grand Cherokee. A car wash east has made that similar move. 5 14. One of Silicon Valleys Biggest Industries says its going to hold itself accountable when it comes to hiring women and minorities. A Venture Capital trade group is en veiling its plan to do that at the white house. Today in the bay Stephanie Chuang live in our San Francisco newsroom. What can we expect . Reporter while this first ever demo day showcases Tech Companies and bier virtue those who fund those techs Companies LikeVenture Capital firms with this focus on building more diversity in the workplace. One big driver has been you may remember the ellen powell case in San Francisco, she is the one who sued her former employer, one of the areas most well known vc firms accusing them of gender discrimination by passing her up for promotions. She lost her he case but garnered a lot of nash and International Attention. According to a letter which was shared with u. S. A. Today Venture Capitalists from 45 different firms are set to announce tear commitment to diversity in the predominantly white male profession. According to 2011 survey by the Association Found that 11 were female and 13 minorities. We are talking about steps like conducting and sharing Research Focused on measuring diversity at the vc firms, taking part in programs that encourage minority participation in vc and entrepreneurship and building model Human Resources policies that foster a who are Inclusive Work environment. The trade group was just formed in december, its going to present the plan at the white house and does include local firms like kleiner perk inn. Now, theres a lot going on there. This is also coming the same week that a big group is here in Silicon Valley meeting with top execs at Companies Like google and apple to push for more diversity. We will have more on that coming up in half an hour. Stephanie chuang, today in the bay. So while tech tries to change its composition women in tech are trying to change the image of the engineer. Scott mcgrew, they are using twitter. When you think of a Silicon Valley engineer you probably have a certain picture of your head based on most engineers you know. Women are trying to change that with self for traits, all of them using the i look like an engineering. Writing things like im 5 feet tall and i wear lipstick and look like an engineer. One is i look like an engineer because i am an engineer. Intel says it will pay 4,000 to any employee who successfully recommends a woman, minority or veteran for a position at intel. Intel has promised its employee population is going to match the population at large by the year 2020. Lets check your news before the bell. Good morning, landon. Good morning to you. Stocks look to rebound from mondays losses. Markets were impacted by Falling Oil Prices which settled at the lowest level since march, below 46 a barrel and apple down 10 from recent highs. Look for data today on factory orders. The dow falling to 17,598, the nasdaq losing 12 to 51. 15. Sam and laura, you remember soir land, its that powder you turn into in into a shake . But gives you all the nutrients for the day. Soylent says it made an improveme improvement, now instead of a powder its going to come ready to drink in a bottle. You dont need to decide anything. Really . Really. I like things that grow from the ground. They are all nutrients but apparently everything you need. You can live the rest your life on that. Soint soil it or spoil it for the rest of us. Thank you very much, scott. More fall out for the illegal killing of cecil. Two Major Airlines are banning the transportation of animal trove wrees, he will at that and United Airlines are the latest carriers to change their rules about the transportation of hunting trophies. This move coming after mounting shock and outrage over the recent killing of the well known lion in zimbabwe by an american unt hadder. Several other Foreign Airlines announced similar bans last week. Right now delta is the only u. S. Airline to fly to africa. Creative minds in the bay area behind a one of a kind event. The Empire State Building lit up with images of endangered animals. One of the cofounders says the movie the cove changed his view of the world. So the Company Started working in the director of the film to raise the awareness about many crisis animals are facing. Were really just trying to reach the world and get people to understand the critical criming of what we have going on with both Climate Change and endangered species. Obscura says the Empire State Building show is just the beginning of its global campaign. A film called racing extinction will be released in december. The filmmakers hoping it reaches a building viewers to inspire change. Many po folks in the workplace often people like they are working inside of a refrigerator. Now new information is pointing out why. Researchers in the netherlands uncovered the temperatures in many offices are based on the needs of man. Apparently men have a faster Metabolic Rate and so they are more comfortable when its a little cooler. Ie you are just hot and sweaty. We are wearing these jackets and ties. This summer women are likely to wear lighter clothing while men wear suits and ties all year long. Its all about the outer layers. I have a space heater underneath my desk. So you relate to the problem. Completely. And airy. Oh, my gosh, yes. I have goose bumps right now before i even started reading that story. It is cold. Maybe we can warm things up, what do you think . You can step outside and get a little sun. As we start out the morning we are seeing more clouds moving into the bay area. We will have more cloud cover as we go through the day. A look at some of those temperatures right now 59 degrees in the pens l. A. Yes, i had on a jacket this morning trying to warm up, 62 degrees in the east bay and San Francisco is now at 62 degrees with highs in the upper 60s, a mild and breezy day, the north bay will top out at 81 degrees, a few more clouds and the slight chance that we could have a little bit of some lightning, especially along the coast at some sub tropical moisture who was in. Right now our wind forecast shows as we head through the morning the winds will pick up at maybe 5 to 10 miles an hour, not really a breezy day until we go into the afternoon. North bay winds speeds at 5 00 will be about 17 powers. The good thing we do still have a nice strong onshore flow and that mod rates our temperatures and keeping it from warming up significantly all across the bay. We start out it this morning at 61 degrees at 7 00 in san jose, by 10 00 if you have an early lunch or heading out for a late breakfast it will be 67 degrees, noon 71 degrees, you still see those clouds there, a little bit more sunshine as we go into the afternoon but the clearing will be very slow today. This is what the satellite could look like as we go through today and tomorrow. We see the splotches of white there is showing there could be more cloud cover moving in, but not a lot of green here showing there wont be any rain. Even into tonight the clouds start to move back in, into the day tomorrow, a little more sunshine as we begin a warming trend and tall continue into thursday. A look at the next three days for the south bay, 80 degrees today