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KNTV Today In The Bay October 18, 2016

Conditions over the next couple days. That will be nice. Well get to dry out after all that rain this past weekend. More rain for next week. Enjoy this break because its rain season and were tracking more of that. A nice break this morning. Mainly kwleer skies and fog across the north bay. 40s and 50s for the most part this morning. Well see 70s later this afternoon for the inland valleys, 60s along the coastline. 80s returning to the bay. Well talk about that plugs the rain that comes our way. In the meantime, lets toss over to mike and talk about the morning commute. Were talking about a pretty Pleasant Drive across the bay. A crash in fremont, southbound 880 hack has seen a traffic break. Slowing as a result of that heading back towards mission and south of Dixon Landing road. South of there we have a smoolkt drive toward 237, but east 237 getting over back to 880. Another crash on the shoulder. That might affect your approach to the transition. A live look towards free month and well show you how traffic slows. You can see the dense traffic. The earlier traffic break caused this. Well track this closely and also fog in the north bay, but you have a much more zra mat tick scene with that deadly crash. Very much so. Breaking news weve been covering this morning. Take a look at the scene of this accident. Three People Killed after a late night highspeed crash in the north bay. It happened a little after midnight on sir Francis Drake boulevard at the entrance to the samuel p. Taylor park near Point Reyes Station. The video shows a tangle of metal against the trees. Authorities say it was a Toyota Corolla. The victims in the car were all young male adults. The chp closed both directions of sir Francis Drake boulevard. Its back open now. Today in the bays pete suratos will join us from the scene shortly. A richmond man is behind bars accused of murder. Police say he ran down an employee who tried to stop him from stealing wooden pallets. It happened yesterday afternoon at the True World Foods warehouse off 880. Our nbc chopper was there overhead as you see in the video there as both scenes were developing. Police say this white truck being towed away is the murder weapon. 27yearold Kadim Edwards is in jail without bail. Police have not released the name of the victim. Theyre still notifying family. Flyers that critics say are only intended to do one thing, inspire rate. Posters were put up around campus targeting ethnic studies professor rabab abdulhadi. The posters claim shes, quote, collaborating with terrorists because of her sympathy for the palestinian cause. They refer to her with jewhatred. The school quickly removed the posters. Students call this an unwelcome message. Its pretty hateful. Theres already enough bad going on. Now sfu students have to worry about this. The University President immediately respond and issued a letter to what he called vandalism. He said, quote, let me be clear, this is not an issue of free speech. This is bullying behavior that is unacceptable and wont be tolerated on campus. The group behind the poster has targeted other teachers around california. Students plan to speak out publicly against the posters. Were getting more details about a san rafael man trying but failing to detonate a bomb inside a Colorado Police station. Police say david ansbury left a backpack containing cell phone, wires and powder outside a police station. He was arrested in chicago this weekend after Surveillance Video captured him buying actually the equipment, cell phones he allegedly used to try to trigger the explosives. Back under the spotlight once again, judge aaron persky. You certainly remember the name with his association with the brock turner case. Now hes being criticized again forgiving a lenient sentence to a local college athlete. Persky sentenced former stanford swimmer brock turner for Sexual Assault. Opponents believe this case now is very similar to the turner case. It involves a player by the name of keenan smith. Hes a Football Player at the college of san mateo. He served a month in jail, one month, for throwing his girlfriend to the ground and beating up a bystander who tried to intervene and stop him. Since then prosecutors say smith has skipped out on Community Service. The fact that judge persky clearly sent a message that football was more important than violence against women. Smiths Attorney Says smith was a noshow for Community Service because he had a Football Game that day and hes complying with his probation requirements. There is going to be a fundraiser tonight in berkeley in hopes of raising enough money to rebuild the first congregational church. Last month flames badly damaged that church. Tonights benefit concert takes place at st. Marks episcopal church. Hundreds of residents in one Solano County neighborhood are being told to boil their water following a water main break at green valley Water Treatment plant. People who live north of green valley road and reservoir lane are being told to boil their water before drinking, freezing ice or even washing dishes. The break caused a loss in water pressure which impacts water quality. Hundreds expected to attend tonights grand opening of an east bay art display thats already generated quite a good deal of conversation. The 55foot steel sculpt tour is called truth is beauty. It appeared for the first time two years ago at burning man. That statue sits near the san leandro b. A. R. T. Station. Some commuters have raised concerns and eyebrows about the nudity. Tonights Lighting Ceremony scheduled for 6 30. As we talk about art in its many forms, a bold work of hart could be creating quite a spectacle at a small San Francisco park. Thats if it gets the green light. Later this week, San Franciscos rec and Park Commission will review plans for a art installation in hayes valley. That installation would involve two geometrical light sculpture, the small one waivering 700 pounds. It will be placed at patricias green at hayes and octavia. If approved, theyll be blaise for a full year. A lot of great art exhibits in the bay area. 6 08. Want to get out and about, today might be the day. Were watching a little fog across the north bay. Looking pretty good. Every now and again fog drifts by the camera. 45 in the north bay and 48 in the peninsula. Generally speaking weve got mild conditions out there, once the sun comes up. Plenty of sunshine. That will lead to a warmer day. 74 for the north bay. Same deal for the trivalley. Low 70s for the south bay and mid 60s for San Francisco. Temperatures get warmer the next couple days. Im tracking rain by monday. Lets talk to mike right now and see what hes tracking. Were focusing on fremont because thats the only area with anything unusual. This tuesday showing a nice flow of traffic. Well zoom into southbound 880, south from the dumbarton bridge. Everything moves well until you get to the approach. Warren avenue, Dixon Landing road. Thats where the traffic jams up. The earlier crash blocks the fast lane. They need another tow truck to clear the final vehicle. Thats why youre seeing the slowdown start. As the build happens coming from fremont into milpitas. The south bay itself shows outstanding in a positive way, from 105 to 85, a 20minute drie at the speed limit for the entire area. Drive times coming towards the bay bridge. 19 minutes from highway 4 down to the maze. Thats the upper eastshore freeway, 11 minutes off fisher ranch road from highway 4. The majority of that slowing at the ends approach towards the bay bridget self. The metering lights are on guys. Back to you. A significant day today. Day two in the jury selection for the man accused of kidnapping and murdering sierra lamar. A cell phone switch at sfo. The rare steps samsung is taking this morning to make sure those recalled galaxy note 7s dont make it aboard any bay area flights. As you get on the flights, theyre going to be more expensive. Why . Well tell you coming up. Anim nt i its this time of year when we Start Talking about halloween. Were watching temperatures warm up over the next couple days and tracking some rain. It all clears out by halloween and kind of a spooktacular forecast. 60s by halloween. Looking over at our drive times. No delays reported for the transit system. 48 trains on time for b. A. R. T. At the limit. 21 minutes for 85 from san jose in through cupertino and in through sunnyvale. A good drive right now. Green good. Thank you very much, mike. Another 160 potential jurors screened today for the murder trial for the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. There was a loud gasp in the courtroom yesterday when those there learned the Death Penalty trial could last six months or longer. In Santa Clara County court many were dismissed for hardship. The rest were given a 30pagelong questionnaire. They were asked what they thought about dna. If they watched tv shows about Sexual Assault and their views on the Death Penalty. They also had to answer questions about whether they could still consider someone dead even if theres no body. The prosecution is going to have to deal with the issue that they do not have a body and theyre going to want to question a bunch of potential juro jurors, can they return a verdict of guilty when they dont have a body. At one point the defendant said good morning everybody, thanks for being here. And smiled. A San Francisco judge today will hear arguments over the fairness of a 10 billion payout to volkswagen owners. Volkswagen is supposed to buy back or repair close to 5,000 cars as part of a settlement in its diesel s scandal. Some car owners believe the settlement doesnt go far enough. At least two dozen people are expected to address the judge. At sfo travelers will be met by representatives of samsung. As weve been reporting, it is against faa rules to carry a galaxy note 7 on an airplane even if its turned off. So samsung is going to meet travelers who either dont know about the rule or arent listening to help them switch out their phones before the flight. Samsung does not want to be responsible for inflight emergencies or even worse. As we reported monday, the buyout of Virgin American Airlines is taking longer than expected. Alaska Airlines Says the process is moving forward, working with the Justice Department who looks over mergers and acquisitions to avoid man opinionlition and make sure the consumer is protected. A recent study found consumers are hurt by recent airline mergers. In the last ten years weve gone from nine Major Airlines to five. If the alaska virgin deal goes through, it will be the dominant airline on the west coast. Speaking of travel, a deep data dive into air b b shows service does not take business away from hotels. The results were presented at a recent hotel conference. The Hotel Industry says demand this year was higher than ever. What seems to be happening, the report Authorities Say is airbnb rules are filled when hotel rooms are full. For instance, you might not have visited San Francisco during beta breakers because there werent enough hotel rooms. But now because of air b b they had rules. The Social Security Administration Says americas checks will go up by. 3 . Its a cost of living adjustment. Not enough money to buy a cola. Here is the good news, nothing hurts retirement retired folks worse than inflation. The check is not getting bigger. But youre not spending more money either. Have to live within their same means. Or go back to 1945 to buy the cocacola. A lot of retirees having to go back to work. 6 17 right now. What about going to the white house. Cupertino will be poured at the white house. President obamas final state dinner will feature three california wines. We know how to grow them here. Today celebrity chef mario vitali is pairing it with local wines, a zinfandel from cupertinos ridge vineyards, another from napa valley and Santa Barbara county. Everyone speaks the language of wine there. Go south bay. Exactly. Go sunshine today. We have more of that coming in. Warmer temperatures into the weekend as well. Were looking at rain returning by monday. In the meantime its about the sunshine. We have fog across parts of the north kba. For the most part we are generally clear coming across the bay bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge as well. You can see the shot from San Francisco. We dont have fog there. A few high thin clouds generally across most of the bay area. Once the sun comes up around 7 00, well see plenty of sunshine. Right now temperatures a cool 44 degrees in napa, 48 in palo alto and 50s for the rest of the bay area. Expecting 70s to return to the bay. A little warmer than yesterday, back into the low 70s for san jose. Mid 70s for walnut creek. 64 for San Francisco. There are the clouds im telling you about. Right across the coastline, a thin veil of cloud cover. Once the sun comes up, well see plenty of sunshine and temperatures warming nicely. Seattle and portland will continue to see rain over the next few days. For us, its not until the weekend when our pattern starts to shift. Well stay dry by saturday and sunday. By monday this system pulls onshore. This will be the first of a series of storm systems. We go back into this dreary wet pattern for next week. Monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, a chance of rain in the forecast each and every day. While it wont be an allday rain, there is at least a few systems coming our way for next week. Here is a look at that sevenday forecast. In the meantime, enjoy the sunshine and the warm temperatures. 70s and 80s for the next couple days for inland vamlies. Lets switch gears and talk to mike and track the morning commute. Were looking at folks slowing around the bay. Tuesday is building slowly around most spots where we had this unpleasant slow stretch here from the top of the screen coming down through Fremont South of the dumbarton bridge to Dixon Landing road. Still has the slow lane blocked. A number of vehicles on the shoulder. This is a distraction and the build there, 680 just fine getting in and out of sunol. If you have the option, choose the 680 route. Well show you the camera thats right about there. It shows a slower drive toward the truck stop and tesla. Those are your landmarks. In the south bay, northbound routes showing the build. This is a late start for the south bay commute. Well track it as things continue as well as the peninsula. In the north bay i want to point out we have our live camera showing san rafael and the glow from the lights. Theres some fog in the area. Keep that in mind. Again, sir Francis Drake has reopened after that deadly crash at Samuel Taylor park. Well continue to follow that with pete suratos. Thank you very much, mike. Keeping lifesaving drugs from going bad. The new intention to protect epiben. Just days ago bob dillon won the nobel prize in literature. One problem, the academy that gave him the honor cant seem to find him. Severe allergic reaction froeatd when a young seeal boy had a severe allergic reaction from eating nuts, his parents started carrying the epipen. But the parents discovered the device needed to be protected from temperatures. They invented the patented epishell case it needs to release or absorb heat if its hot or cold. We have special materials that keeps the interior temperature at about room temperature. The epishell is available for free orders for about 40. About the nobel prize for bob dillon, so far you might say his response is blowing in the wind. At this point we can only assume he knows hes won the nobel literature prize because the swed dish acted me has been knock, knock, knocking on his door. So far hes missing in action. The academy has decided to lay low in the hopes that dillon will be there to accept the award and the cash payout on december 10th. Well see. So many classics there. This is pretty classic. A new effort to preserve dorothys ruby red slippers from the wizard of oz. The red shoes are currently on display in the Smithsonians National museum. Theyre nearly 80 years old and are fading. Theyve launched a campaign to raise 300,000 to restore the shoes. Two women right now say they were sexually assaulted at a cal Fraternity Party over the weekend. The latest on those investigations coming up next. Reporter pete suratos at Point Reyes Station where a deadly car accident at a state park takes the lives of three young adults. Ill have the details coming up in a live report. Reporter the judge at the center of the brock turner Sexual Assault case now accused of handing a light sentence to another college athlete. Im bob redell. Well have that story coming up. Standing by herman. Up next, we hear from Melania Trump for the First Time Since the controversial tapes involving her husband were leaked. Woman how

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