Im laura garciacannon. Im sam brock. Thank you for joining us on this wednesday. Lets get right to your forecast with rob mayeda who is in for kari. No light rain or snow in the sierra. It is a chilly start where you want a light jacket, especially in the north bay where its now 48 degrees. 53 around livermore for the afternoon. 80s coming back to the south bay and trivalley and 90s in reach as we approach the weekend. A look at that and your sevenday forecast coming up. We will show you some extra slowing through the south bay. The rest of the bay pretty standard. The bay bridge metering lights are on. We had a crash earlier at mckee. All lanes clear. The early slowdown ripple back on the approach towards tullie. You saw the sensors compress there. 87 with a little slowing as well through that area. Theres your standard for the trivalley and the east bay. Let me show you 101. Right here, no major problems, but add another couple minutes to your travel times. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. A car chase ends with a suspect hitting a light pole right next to att park. It started about 3 30 this morning when officers responded to a carjacking in the Richmond District. That car was later spotted and officers chased it to 2nd and king street. Thats when the car crashed into the light pole and parking meter. Three suspects have been taken to the hospital. Theyll be later transported to the San Francisco county jail. Bob redell is headed to the scene and will bring us a live report as soon as he arrives. A developing story to tell you about out of san jose this morning. At least one person shot overnight. This happened in the East Foothills area near piedmont and sierra road close to a gas station. It appears the investigation is centered around a car near one of the pumps. So far police arent revealing anything about the victims condition or if any suspects are in custody. Today in the bays kris sanchez will bring us an update in our next half hour. A sobering story now. An elderly woman is brutally beaten in her home. This morning slaer sheriffs deputies are trying to track down the two men who attacked the 88yearold woman. Flo douglas told investigators two hispanic men broke into her home in the san jose foothills early monday morning. They attacked her and then came back and attacked her again. Shes now in the hospital with several facial and head trauma injuries. The suspect stole her car and abandoned it down the street. Thats when a neighbor found douglas. It was horrible, horrible. Poor thing. She didnt deserve this. Shes a sweet person. She remembers being assaulted, a period when they were gone and then came back and ransacked her house. Also stole jewelry from her person. Douglas neighbors say they continue to check up on her at the hospital and they are praying for the best. A convicted sks offender ak tempted of trying to kidnapping two young women is expected to enter a plea. 56yearold David Lee Russell was arrested last week. Residents helped police track him down with their tips. Investigators say russell twice tried to abduct young women in san jose. Hes a repeat sex offender whose parole ended three years ago. A challenge to lawmakers after a little boy, a 3yearold dies in a duirelated crash. We know this is the second time that the driver is accused of getting behind the wheel impaired. Today in the bays pete suratos live in walnut creek this morning. Pete, the family of the little boy who died is now calling for change in the law. Good morning, laura and sam. The mother of that 3yearold who was killed who was also in that car is recovering from her injuries at the kaiser in walnut creek. The suspected drunk driver who caused the accident has a history of driving under the influence. That driver were talking about is 39yearold yarenit malihan. According to chp he was under the influence of drugs when she rearended a stranded car on friday parked on the side of northbound 680, injuring the mother and child and sadly killing 3yearold elijah dunn. She was arrested for a dui back in june. In that case shes facing a charge of Child Cruelty. Chp issues a pink slip or temp license if someone is caught driving drunk for 30 days. If someone is driving under the influence of drugs, chp does not take away their drivers license. We spoke with the grandfather of the wids who say the law needs to change to make sure it doesnt happen again. She cant get away with this. The community is coming together. We need something done. My family is up there in agony right now. Reporter a tough time for this family indeed. Malihan is the wife of an Alameda County sheriffs deputy. She was released on bail on saturday. A gofundme page is set up for the family of the 3yearold. Last time i checked they have raised nearly 70,000. You can help them out and we have the information on our website at nbcbayarea. Com. Live in walnut creek, pete suratos for today in the bay. Its at 69,000 right now, thank you very much. Two people are now behind bars accused of spray painting racial slurs on an antioch home and torching it. 27yearold roy sorvari and 25yearold christyne mcdaniel are accused of throwing three molotov cocktails at that home last wednesday. This is the aftermath of the family covering up the racial slurs. Police say this started with a dispute between someone at the home and one of the suspects relatives. Court documents accuse the two of plotting to murder and torture the family at least a week before that crime. They face multiple charges including conspiracy to commit murder, mayhem and torture, all of them with hate crime enhancements. I dont know why they did what they did. However, it is a crime of hate, so its not acceptable. Both suspects are being held on more than a Million Dollars bail. At 6 07. Lets take a look at the soberanes fire. The 107,000acre fire started on july 22nd. It is still not under control, just 60 contained. Firefighters are hoping to have it fully contained at least by the end of the month. Its a very different look at that fire. The u. S. Forest service teamed up with google earth to show just how much area has been scorched. Pretty big map area there. It also shows what kind of terrain the firefighters have been facing. Vector control teams will be out in the south bay late tonight spraying to combat west nile virus. Fogging will start at 11 00 p. M. In an area centered around 680 and highway 237. Thats where theres recently confirmed cases of mosquitos infected with west nile. Spraying is scheduled to wrap up before dawn. Crisp start to the morning, but things will bump up a little bit, especially inland. Rob mayeda is in for kari this morning. Still jacket weather in the north bay, 48 degrees for you. 58 in San Francisco. And right now clear skies in san jose where we have temperatures at about 55 degrees. Mostly clear skies. Pretty sunrise on the way. Later on highs near 78 degrees in san jose. Low 80s south of downtown. Upper 60s in San Francisco. 76 in palo alto. For the north bay, mid 70s. For the trivalley, highs approaching low 80s. Notice the sevenday forecast, nor San Francisco, 70s as we approach the weekend. 80s and low 90s making a comeback. To see whats happening with your morning commute, here is mike. The commute making a comeback, as it does every weekday about this time. In the southbound north 101, the section is standard, baugh slower drive on the approach towards mckee from the earlier crash. Activity on the shoulder. Getting back to your typical pattern there. Over here, a smoother drive, upper eastshore freeway and the maze moving well towards the bay bridge. The issue, not the backup at the toll plaza. But in San Francisco, we told you about the Police Activity crash after a chase. Thats near at t park. Watch for local Traffic Control at the end of the 280 extension. Bob redell is heading out there to bring us more. Thank you very much. You know this street well, mike. One of the few streets in the bay area. It seems to be part of the problem. The people who live on lombard street say theyve had enough. They say the tourist traffic is getting out of control. Frustration boiled over at a community meeting. Longtime residents say what used to be a weekend inconvenience of people spilling onto the streets is now a daily headache. Its a small catastrophe. Every weekend, every threeday weekend. That said every day the past two years its been awful in the summer, on weekends and holidays. We often cant get out of our driveway. The San Francisco county Transportation Authority says its time to manage the 2 Million People visiting that block every year. The agency is exploring new Traffic Control. Options include closing the street to vehicles, a reservation system or charging a toll. The Transportation Authority is going to consider the feedback and forward some of the ideas to the board of supervisors. Coming up next on today in the bay, a candid photo that has created a firestorm at Stanford University surrounding a young woman facing criticism, not for what she was doing, but for what she was wearing. Plus, should you get an iphone 7 . They go on sale friday. The expert reviews are in. Well take a look coming up on business and tech. Laura cu a stanford student is being targeted after a picture of hert a Football Game showed up on facebook. Welcome back everyone. 6 13. A stanford student is being targeted after a picture of her at a Football Game showed up on facebook. Its not what she was doing, but what she was wearing, a hijab worn by some muslim women. Students were photographed at the game last fall including you saf. The candid picture eventually turned up in an ad promoting a vip football experience. Not everyone thought it was appropriate. Shortly after the picture appeared on facebook, the insults started arriving. Many targeting her hijab and also the fact that she is muslim. Why do they think they get to dictate what i can do as a woman, as muslim woman, as a black muslim woman . She also tweeted out some of the insults, eventually finding far more supporters than detractors. She credits strong support from stanford students and apd administrators with helping her through. Former nsa contractor Edward Snowden is about to appear via video today. Hes been living in political asylum since leaking classified information about the u. S. Government. Now he makes all his appearances by video hookup. Today marks the launch of a campaign urging president obama to pardon him. That movement is supported by a number of groups including the aclu, amnesty international, Human Rights Watch and others. The iphone 7 goes on sale on friday. This morning some of the big reviews are in. Scott mcgrew looked them over. These are serious reviews. Youll hear reviews from bloggers who got maybe a few minutes with the phone in last weeks apple showcase after the announcement, maybe they got to snap a couple pictures. Honestly we dont care about those reviews. Apple did give the phone to a select few journalists to use full time. Those are the reviews we care about and those were just published. The wall street journals jeff ross says apple offers plenty of reasons to retain our loyalty. There is enough reason to get over the headphone thing and upgrade. The New York Times brian chen says, though not perfect, new apple iphones keep apples promises. Brian particularly liked the new camera. You can see it there. Both reviewers commented on the longer battery life. You may have a new operating system on your phone if you upgraded to ios 10. A number of people have complained they are having trouble with this upgrade. Apple says the best way to upgrade is to connect the phone with the computer and do it through itunes. If you havent upgraded yet, do it that way. Today is an historic day. Uber starts picking people up in a selfdriving car in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Until today regular people didnt get a chance to drive in a selfdriving car. There will be two employees, one in front watching the road, the other watching the data. And back here at home, the guy who invented the google self driving car announced hes spearheading new online classes so you, too, can be an automated automobile engineer. You dassity will offer three 12week classes, taking applications until september 27th. You have to be accepted into the class. Well assume english majors need not apply because probably you need some engineering experience to begin with. This is the new hot job in Silicon Valley, is automotive engineering. This is where people are going to compete and companies will offer multiple offers just to try to get you. What a great opportunity. Totally. So many competitors as youve talked about. By the way, im an english major. Need not apply. You just sit down right there. Ill bring you the warm and fuzzies. What is black and white and actually cannot quite turn over, but hes trying. Perhaps the cutest thing youll see all day, a 5weekold panda cub in Central China that doesnt have the strength to turn itself over so hes hanging out on his back. Thats normal for this age. The china conservation and Research Center posted that clip. As youd imagine, it quickly went viral. The panda is one of two born last month and it doesnt yet have a name, so they are accepted ideas. Like when youre waiting for your baby to roll over. Come on, put the toy over there. You can get it. I think i can. Give him a little poke or something. That cold weather is going to perk you right up this morning. Looks a bit like me when the alarm clock hits. It will be nice to warm up and keep the blanket with you as you head outside this morning. Numbers in the 40s around the north bay. Dress in layers. Later today numbers in the upper 70s. Cool temperatures, 48, 55 in san jose. Notice no fog around San Francisco at least for the moment. 57 degrees. Nice pre sunrise view in san jose. As we head through the afternoon, numbers in the mid to upper 70s, average high is 81. We should get there starting tomorrow. In the meantime not much wind to talk about. The sea breeze makes a comeback. That will keep our temperatures down at least for another day. Highs upper 70s around downtown san jose. 60s in San Francisco. In the north bay, highs today in the mid 70s. 80s walnut creek. Pleasanton an livermore, low 80s. 90s possible by friday. High pressure Building Back in, the exact opposite pattern of the last two days as we see warmer air aloft, less than the see breeze. Your sevenday forecast starting to warm up. Youll see a bigger change across our inland locations friday into saturday. The last couple days low to mid 70s, 90s possible around places like livermore and san jose as we head from friday through sunday. Starting with both the roads and the rails for the south bay. Most of the traffic flow looks pretty standard on our maps. I want to show you the live camera, 101 northbound, showing a lot of slowing right around the 680 interchange. Seeing things start to break apart as far as the backup goes here. Earlier crash at mckee is still on the shoulder. Let me show you the map. This backup is right here on the map, north of 680. Were seeing the morning commute start to build. Slow from capital expressway toward 880. 87 seeing more slowing as well. Overall, Silicon Valley moves very well. The trivalley moves nicely as well. 680 not so bad after an earlier crash, two crashes cleared to the shoulder. Wednesday commute lighter than yesterday. Smooth drive over here for hayward and the san mateo bridge. No surprises for the pattern on the 880 side. On the bay bridge the metering lights are on. Back to you. No surprises there. Coming up next, an ecigarette explodes, catching a womans purse on fire. Dangerous dust lurking inside your home. The toxic chemicals you could be breathing in every day. So i got your test results back and it does show an allergy to cat dander. There are options, but the most effective course of action would be to remove the source of the allergens. Hes got a name. Its herbert. As long as you live with herbert, youre going to have the respiratory symptoms. And ill have the joy that only a kitty cat can bring. Okay, well there are some things we can do to minimize the impact. Allergy shots, a nasal steroid. Does that sound doable . Im in. At john muir health, we know how big the Little Things can be. John muir health. Be heard. Laura vo. Of a scyncident cght on a purse sudden exploding the Cash Register of a new jersey sunglasses store. A purse suddenly exploded at the Cash Register of a new jersey sunglasses store. It happened on sunday. Luckily no one was hurt. It did cause some damage to the womans Louis Vuitton bag. She say it is lithium battery in her ecigarette device exploded. She believes its a freak accident. Wondering other vapors to be aware especially around children. Whether the risk of the explosion or losing the Louis Vuitton bag will get her to give up ecigarettes. An independent Study ConcludesElectronic Cigarettes can help smokers quit without the side effects tied to products like a nick teen patch. The group found irritation of the throat and mouth are the most common side effects. They also say the longerterm data isnt yet available. A separate study in england found many who tried vaping eventually did quit smoking entirely. 6 24. Womens groups are outraged after Governor Brown vetoed a series of bills that would have exempt taxes on tampons and diapers. Brown said the bills would cost the state too much money and yearly revenues of up to 300 million. One female legislator called it, quote, man slamming. Berkeleys socalled right to know ordinance about cell phones requires berkeley merchants to inform phone buyers about the cl