Writes he was a powder keg in his words waiting to go boom. And the last straw was the recent racially motivated Church Shooting in South Carolina. Were also learning more about the gunman this morning. He grew up in oakland and graduated from sf state in 1959 with a degree in 1995 with a degree in radio and television. He worked it the kpix in the 90s as an intern and production assistant. Anne makovec has more from the newsroom. Reporter people who worked with him more recently describe an angry volatile man. But we are hearing from some of his former friends who say thats not the Vester Flanagan they knew growing up here in the bay area. Some Law Enforcement officers have concerned. Reporter there is flanagan collecting a machine pistol on his reporter resume tape an image that took on new meaning after yesterdays shooting. He grew up in the northeast bay. His father and other relatives still live on the block in vallejo. We spoke with one friend who went to Skyline High School in oakland with flanagan. And later San Francisco state. He says his friend was popular, intelligent and came from a good family. Vester . Little vester . No. I cant wrap my head around it right now. Its a nightmare. This is unlike anything i would ever expect him to do. Vesters father was an athlete, a Football Player from Humboldt State who went on to be drafted by the packers. Classmates say vester excelled at San Francisco state graduating two years ahead of others in his class. His family has not spoken out publicly but a family friend read a statement outside of vester seniors home in vallejo yesterday saying our thoughts and prayers are with the victims families and with the Wdbj Television station family. Supposedly he faxed a manifesto before the shooting. What do we know about it . Reporter it claims he was attacked himself for being a gay black man and that he suffered racial and sexual discrimination at work. He said he bought that gun two days after the South CarolinaChurch Shooting and he said that some of his bullets had the initials of his victims. Live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Switching gears to what was the other big story this week, of course the stock market and the World Markets and there is a good time for investors this morning. Asian stocks run today following big gains on wall street that ended six days of heavy losses yesterday. Chinas main Stock Market Index surged 5. 3 overnight. Markets also rose in japan, south korea and hong kong. Yesterday in the u. S. The dow was up more than 600 points up 4 . And this morning, dow futures jumped 200 points. Gangs all here. Its thursday. Almost the weekend. Prefriday. Thats right. And it looks like todays going to be hotter than yesterday. [ no microphone ] hotter today but cooler on your friday if we can step out the door this morning look at some of the current temperatures around the bay area. We have at sfo currently some overcast conditions. Meanwhile, we do have [ fumbling with microphone ] temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Looks like later today numbers will top off pretty much warmer than yesterday anywhere from 70s beaches, 80s around the bay and 90s into our inland areas. 104 the hottest spot inland. [ still no microphone ] well talk more about that once we get a make phone thats working. I can hear you loud and clear roberta, always. Good morning, we are going to talk about this grass fire a quarter acre grass fire burning in the Oakland Hills. We understand its at the 6900 block at elverton. Its under control but theres a power outage. Pg e reporting this outage affecting 1300 customers right in that same area. Pg e hopes to have power restored by 6 45 this morning. In the meantime expect some street closures pennies area of the Oakland Hills along the again in this area of the Oakland Hills along the freeway. Two former teammates on the 49ers are facing Sexual Assault charges and we are hearing from the alleged victims attorney for the First Time Since the charges were announced. Kiet do is at the Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office with the details. Kiet. Reporter good morning. We are talking about famed Attorney Gloria Allred who now represents the alleged victim in a civil suit. Allred claims that ray mcdonald carried this woman upstairs and had sex with her while she was unconscious. And that current 49ers ahmad brooks groped her that same night again while she was unconscious. The Santa Clara County d. A. s office said it has spent the last eight months mostly confirming this womans story. Part of which was captured on surveillance cameras. The woman says she fell and hit her head near mcdonalds pool at a party back in december and that she doesnt remember much after that until she woke up in his bed the next day. She recounted what happened to a grand jury. Whatever the evidence may be, were absolutely convinced that the jury will believe that mr. Mcdonald is responsible for raping the victim in this case. So were very proud of her courage because it does take courage to testify about a very, very difficult time in a womans life. Mcdonalds had said that sex was consensual and he actually countersued the woman for defamation. But that suit was dismissed. It is now up to the nfl to suspend ahmad brooks. He was set to play in the game against the broncos but he was sent back to california. Live in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. Palo alto police are asking for help identifying a man who exposed himself to a woman walking her dogs. The woman says the suspect was riding a bike before he exposed himself at monroe park tuesday evening. That suspect is described as a man in his early 20s with an olive complexion and dark curly hair. Police say he wore a black shirt, green pants and sunglasses. Attorneys for Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow will be back in court today to try to get the case against him dismissed. Federal agents disclosed yesterday according to the San Francisco chronicle [ indiscernible ] a defense lawyer says the feds spent more than 1 million taking chow to expensive restaurants and hotels. The defense says agents were trying to entice chow into committing crimes rather than uncovering any crimes he might have committed. County sheriffs deputies in san franciscan now patrol city streets. For decades deputies have only been allowed to enforce the law at jails, courthouses, hospital and city hall. A state certification allows them to help in the city. The state senate could vote as early as today on a bill to raise californias cigarette tax by 2 a pack. If given the goahead, it would be the states first tobacco tax hike since 1998 and would also apply to ecigs. The current tax of 87 cents a pack is less than most other states. And the tax would Fund Treatment for medical patients with smokingrelated illnesses . Vice President Joe Biden made his first Public Comments on a possible president ial run. He says he is trying to figure out whether he has, quote, emotional fuel. On the Conference Call with Democratic Leaders yesterday he said the death of his son beau has taken a toll on his family and his heart and soul are pretty banged up. Speaking in iowa, Hillary Clinton called biden a friend. He should have the space and the opportunity to decide what he wants to do. Im going to be running for president regardless. On the republican side, donald trump defended his decision to throw out a univision anchorman from a news conference. He said jorge ramos was ranting and raving like a mad man. Jeb bush says he has a record not just rhetoric. It is now almost 5 09. He is the top dog in a Bay Area School district but he is technically homeless. The example of how hard it is to afford to live in the bay area. The price to travel is getting cheaper. Details this morning on were airlines are slashing prices. And traffic is looking good at this hour over at the bay bridge toll plaza. We are getting reports of an accident delaying traffic approaching the Altamont Pass. Ill have details with kcbs traffic. ,,,,,,,,,,, hey, san jose, good morning. Taking a look toward Mineta International airport and levis stadium. 65 and partly cloudy skies. It will be sunny and bright soaring into the low 90s there. Ill pinpoint triple digits in 10 minutes. Tough lesson in reeling state reality for a bay area educator. Kpix 5s len ramirez says the new Palo Alto School superintendent cannot afford to live in palo alto. Reporter when the palo alto School District gave their new superintendent glen mcgehee a loan to buy a house in town, it sounded like a dream offer. The initial offer was a milliondollar interestfree loan a generous offer. Reporter but in pricy palo alto this midwest transplant quickly got a Silicon Valley sticker shock. It sounds silly to say but theres nothing for under a Million Dollars. Reporter there is this house that just came on the market listed at 998,000 but it will set off a bidding war that will push the price to over a Million Dollars even though its only 760 square feet. Palo alto prices have absolutely gone through the roof even by bay area standards. Reporter michael markets homes in the palo alto and atherton area currently listing the type of home that would be a fit for the superintendent who makes well over 300,000 a year and wants space for his extended family, but this is in the 5 millions. Who can afford that . Really . Were relegated to marketing mostly to tech buyers or to International Buyers people who are on a salary cant real afford palo alto. Reporter mcgee got his housing loan up to 1. 5 million. This ordinary home on a busy street is 1. 6. He says he will resist the temptation to look outside of palo alto because he wants to live within the district boundaries. He will probable settle for a cramped condo. I think its a good investment. We want to put down roots. But it really is, you know, frankly costprohibitive for us to try to do this on our own. The loan will be paid back within a year after mcgee leaves the district. The parents of a man shot by Pleasanton Police are filing a civil suit. Police shot john deming after he allegedly broke into an auto dealership. The claim shows bullets were fired at distances inconsistent with a physical altercation. There are also no taster marks despite what police said. Anthony sadler who helped take down a gunman on the paris bound train last week is grateful to be home. He spoke yesterday less than a day after returning to his hometown of sacramento. Sadler and friends are heroes after stopping a terrorist before a massacre on a paris bound train in france. Sadler added no new insight into the efforts. After such a crazy few days it feels good to be back on american soil but especially in sacramento. Overwhelming didnt expect this. Sacramento is working on a plan for a parade in his honor. No date planned but its expected to end at the capital and include a military jet flyover. For a brief time today the Golden Gate Bridge will be transformed in a racetrack. Five indy cars will go across the bridge at 1 p. M. Carrying the championship trophy as they make their way to the sonoma raceway. The drivers will also pay tribute to justin wilson, who died from a head injury in a race over the weekend. The gopro grand prix is this sunday in sonoma. Now 15 minutes after 5 00. Good morning. We are starting off with the chp traffic advisory for all those commuters leaving tracy bound for the Altamont Pass. 4 car crash westbound approaching grand line. Its causing huge delays being one of the busiest commutes in the bay area with traffic backed up for three miles approaching the scene. Slow passing the accident stays heavy down the Altamont Pass to about vasco. Well let you know when chp reopens lanes but they expect that traffic to be out there for at least the next 30 minutes. Grass fire in the Oakland Hills at he willer have to be a power outage elverton, and a power outage for 1300 customers. Pg e will have it restored by 6 45 a. M. Meantime, heading through the nimitz freeway, no delays in both directions between the oakland area and hayward. As you make that curve over to the san mateo bridge, traffic is very light approaching the san mateo bridge toll plaza. And right here at the bay bridge pay gates we have a line in a few of the toll lanes. But so far no major delays leaving oakland heading into the city. The metering lights remain off and its a great morning for local transit. No delays for bart, caltrain or the altamont commuter express. Thats a look at your kcbs traffic. Heres roberta. Strength in numbers. Good morning, everyone at 5 17, time to call on our weather watchers and lets see how many people are up and about reporting in. Anywhere between 55 degrees in napa to 72 degrees. That would be inland. Lets check that out. That must be brentwood and that certainly is according to jerry wilcox with clear skies there. Otherwise, lets take a look at San Francisco, george with high overcast and 60. Sfo a few clouds right now in the low 60s. Otherwise livermore cool to 68 now. Boy, thats some not nice sleeping weather there. You have to have the ac on today inland. Even along the peninsula. Todays will be the hottest day of the workweek. We are under the influence of High Pressure building in from the desert southwest. Upstream we have been talking about this all week long. Its an area of low pressure thats going to dig from the north to the south pulling down some cooler air mass. And when that does occur, our temperatures will reach more seasonal levels over the weekend. 101 in sacramento today. 80 monterey bay. It will be a gorgeous day there. 94 in ukiah. High sierra very dry conditions in the 80s. Nearly 80 in Pacifica Moss and montera beaches. Low to mid80s common across the central bay to the 90s around the peninsula where many people dont have the ac. 104 the hottest spot thats well to the south in gilroy. Triple digits in morgan hill, as well. 100 degrees easily in pleasanton and blackhawk and danville. Heres a look at your extended forecast. We call for a tad cooler conditions by friday if you want to refer to 99 as cooler. That will be in gilroy. Outside numbers will be in the 80s over the weekend as we experience a little bit more cloud cover. If you are heading to the baseball game today its the giants versus the cubs. Cloudy in the afternoon. It will be 74 degrees at first pitch at 12 45 going up to a high near 80. Great day for baseball boys of summer. There you go. Thank you. Airline fare wars are making a comeback. A number of cities are seeing low prices at offpeak hours. Passengers have been able to fly between San Francisco and las vegas for 67 roundtrip. To vegas and new york to los angeles for 150 roundtrip. Airlines are probably cutting fares because of the price of oil. Its at its lowest level in the last 6. 5 years. Coming up, the states historic drought faces mandatory water cutbacks. What a new report says about recent conservation efforts. Hey, good morning, everybody. You want your daily fix of the giants . Uncle verns got it. Hang on drama at third and king street. And whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools cbssf. Com. We may come and feature your school on the show. Well be right back. ,,,,, take a look at these bbq best cracked pepper sauce. 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They had to deliver last night against the cubs. Didnt look good. Matt duffy turned his ankle at first base stayed in the game scored later tied at 2 in the sixth. Buster posey couldnt get to it. Its a gapper and scored belt. The goahead. Jake peavy gave the giants 6 1 3, five hits couple of runs. Strickland picked him up with a strikeout in the 7th and then lopez got in on the action to kill the threat with another strikeout. Giants win 42. They stay 2. 5 behind the victorious dodgers. Heres mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez looking for his 21st career win against the as. The mariners had his back. How about a fourrun 1st inning . Fresh off the bat of seth smith who had a hand in the go ahead, home stand seattle won it last night final of 82. Thats sports at this hour. But im coming back at the end of the day with more stuff. Thank you. Now for your play of the day from the qualifying rounds of the european soccer championship. Check out goalkeeper craig gordon from the Scottish Club celtic. He makes two big saves in succession. Take another look at the double save. He does it again. It wasnt enough for the win, however. But it earned our play of the day. 25 minutes after 5 00. Still to come, tense moments when a sinkhole swallows multiple people. The dramatic incident caught on camera. And we are learning more about the man who shot and killed that news crew in virginia. Hear from some of his former friends next. ,, aa chance to try somethinglook. Different. This summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. Take advantage of our summer offers. Get this low mileage lease on select ats models, in stock the longest, for around 269 per month. It was just an ordinary night. Until he showed upwith a hungry look in his eyes. And then, he made the shot. And when jaws dropped. He had something for that, too. The new spicy nacho chicken sandwich. With two tacos, halfsies, and a drink for 6 bucks. All in a munchie meal. Just by switching to progressive. So youll be bringing home the bacon in no time. Sorry. Get a free quote at progressive. Com. Legal problems continue for 49ers players. This time its ahmad brooks charged with groping a woman. He is sitting out the game against the broncos this weekend. We have a live report coming up. Plus cutting back during the drought what a new report says about the latest conservation efforts statewide. And todays going to be the warmest day of the week. Ill show you where it will top at 104. Delays approaching the Altamont Pass westbound 205 at grant line. Got an accident there. Ill have details with kcbs traffic. Good morning. It is thursday, august 27. Im brian hackney. Good morning. Im maria medina. This morning, the wdbj news team is back on the air without two young journalists murdered on live tv. Youre looking at a growing memorial in virginia right now for those two. The man who killed them a former coworker who got his start here in the bay area. We are choosing not to show you the most graphic part of the shooting. Still, what you will see is disturbing. Don champion reports from virginia. Reporter with heavy hearts, the morning crew at the cbs station in roanoke, virginia returned to work this morning minus two members of its team. Its unfair and unimaginable that were not going to see them. Reporter reportedder Alison Parker and cameraman adam ward were ambushed and killed live on the air wednesday morning by a disgruntled former employee of their station. That employee was a fellow journalist, Vester Flanagan. He went by the name Bryce Williams while reporting for the station. The 41yearold was let go two years ago. Its hard to get your arms around it and realize or try and make sense of why it happened. Reporter before killing himself, Authorities Say flanagan was on twitter saying alison made racist comments and adam complained about him to hr. The general manager at the station says flanagan had to be removed from the building by police when he was let go. He also called him difficult to work with. In a 23 page document, too,ed to abc news, flanagan apparently described himself as a human powder keg motivated by the charleston Church Shooting massacre. President obama called wednesdays shooting a moment to reflect on. I think its one more argument for why we need to look at, um, you know, how we can reduce gun violence in this country. Reporter prayer vigils are planned in the community in the coming days. Don champion, cbs news, roanoke, virginia. Alison parker was dating chris hurst and every an anchor at wdbj. This morning he talked about her death. To lose the one you love and respect, your one and only, a mother and father, you know, we all i think expect that to happen. But to lose the one you love and who loves you back unconditionally, meeting by chance, is, um, is a pain that is very real for me now. Hurst says he and alison had been dating almost a year and described his time with her as magical. The gunman has strong ties to the bay area. He grew up in oakland. He graduated from San Francisco state in 19959 with a degree in in 1995 with a degree in radio and television and worked at kpix in the 90s as an intern and production assistance. Anne makovec has more from the newsroom. Reporter recent coworkers described him as angry and bitter. But we have been hearing from some of his former friends who say there was nothing in his personality that could have indicated the dark turn he would eventually take. This is unlike him. Reporter he grew up in the bay area. His father and other relatives still live on this block in vallejo. Friends say they cant reconcile the smart driven man they knew with a gunman who executed that news crew. We heard from a friend who went to Skyline High School in oakland with him. Later San Francisco state. He says his friend was popular and came from a good family. He grew up with a wonderful mother, he had a wonderful family. His mother was a wonderful person. I just [ pause ] its just unexpected to me. Last time i talked to him he was doing well. He got a journalism career going. He was very smart. I just dont get it. Vesters father was an athlete, a Football Player from Humboldt State who went on to be drafted by the green bay packers. Classmates say vester himself excelled at San Francisco state graduating two years ahead of others in his class. And whatever his motivations, he obviously wanted attention recording the killings on his own camera and later posting that video on social media as Police Closed in on him. We still havent heard from his family . They issued a statement saying words cannot express the hurt that we feel for the victims. Our family is asking that the media respect our privacy. Live in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. State Officials Say that californians are getting message to cut back on water muse. The report says communities throughout the state collectively conserved 27 in june surpassing the governors mandate of 25 . San jose did even better with residents using 38 less water. The complete breakdown of conservation efforts comes out today. Roberta is going to be using more water. Are you doing a triathlon again tomorrow . No. Its saturday. In the estuary, yes, where the whale is right now. Oh, nice. Under the pier there so well keep an eye on that. I want to keep a watchful eye and they are experience a drought as bad as we are and they are Water Conservation in antigua. They are welcoming Tropical Storm erika. Its producing three to five inches of rain throughout the Leeward Islands this morning. And if it stays on the current projected path it should be entering the eastern portion of the United States next week. It could make category 1 status. Right now its 68 in livermore. Current temperatures in the 50s and 60s out the door. Well talk about 104 degrees and where to expect it coming up. We still have this big accident affecting the trace is commute and good morning, everybody. Westbound 204 approaching grant line is in the clearing stages. At one point the left lane was shut downright now all lanes are open. But traffic is backed up solid beyond mcarthur. That means its going to take you already 45 minutes to make the drive leaving the Altamont Pass heavy to vasco. A fire burning at 6900 block of elverton and theres a power outage in the area in the Oakland Hills. They hope to restore power by 6 45. They played together on the 49ers defense and now two former teammates are facing Sexual Assault charges and we are hearing from the lawyer representing the victim for the First Time Since the charges were announced. Kiet do is at the Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office with details. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The alleged victim made her first public appearance with her lawyer Gloria Allred. She claims that a surveillance camera captured on camera 49ers linebacker ahmad brooks groping this woman while she was unconscious that also ray mcdonald carried her upstairs to his bedroom while she was unconscious and had sex with her without her consent. Two exteammates both accused by the same woman for taking advantage of her the same night. Ray mcdonald has been indicted for raping a drunk person. And current 49ers player ahmad brooks is charged with Sexual Battery a misdemeanor. Ultimately the testimony of the victim, thats essential and thats the core of the case. Reporter the Santa Clara County d. A. Said it spent the last eight months mostly corroborating the womans story of represented by Gloria Allred in a civil suit the woman says she fell and hit her head near mcdonalds pool at a party in december. She doesnt remember anything after that until she woke up in his bed the next day. She recounted what happened to a grand jury. So were very proud of her courage because it does take courage to testify about a difficult time. Reporter mcdonald said any sex they had was consensual and nothing illegal happened. Whatever the evidence may be, were convinced that a jury will believe that mr. Mcdonald is opinion is for raping the victim in this is responsible for raping the victim in this case. She has done the right thing in making her report to Law Enforcement. Now there are charges filed. Reporter now it is up to the nfl to suspend brooks not the team. Brooks was set to play against this weekend but the 9er sent him back to california and asked him to stay away from the team for now. Live in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. You are safe here. Thats the message from San Francisco police and city leaders to tourists. Monday a man from thailand was robbed on lombard. Kate steinle was killed on the waterfront. So our message is to anybody else who is thinking of come here and doing this, dont do it. We are going to have an officer waiting for you somewhere. We are going to have another team and the crime lab and they will find you and theres going to be retribution for doing that. The city and Police Department are discussing changing patrols and possibly even adding more officers to the force. The bullet that killed kate steinle at pier 14 in San Francisco might have ricocheted before it hit her. During testimony at a hearing yesterday, an expert said the bulleted showed signs of hitting a hard surface or metal. Lawyers for juan lopezsanchez say the shooting was an accident. The d. A. Wants him to face murder charges. The hearing resumes later today. Vice President Joe Biden is speaking publicly for the first time about a possible president ial run. He says he is trying to figure out whether he has, quote, emotional fuel. On a Conference Call with Democratic Leaders yesterday he said the recent death of his son beau has taken a toll on his family. Hillary clinton called him a friend and said he should make the best decision for him and his family. He should have the space and the opportunity to decide what he wants to do. Im going to be running for president regardless. On the republican side donald trump defended his decision to throw out an univision anchorman from a news conference. He said jorge ramos was, quote, ranting and raving like a madman. In florida, former governor jeb bush said he has a record, not just rhetoric. In market news down 600 points up 660 points, the market volatility of the past week and a half has investors itching to do something. Cbs News Business analyst Jill Schlesinger explains why that may be a huge mistake. Stocks dropped and rebound struggled yesterday so how long are we likely to see these huge swings, jill . Reporter well, i think its going to go on for a while as we go back to the year 1900. We look at declines of 10 or more, they occur about once a year on average but they last for about 115 days. 15 drops happen every couple of years. 20 bear markets is every 3. 5 years. They last almost a year. We dont know whats going to happen but so far this correction has lasted less than a week. So i think we are going to have continued volatility. With yesterdays big gains should investors think about getting out of the market . Reporter absolutely not. In fact, you know, your emotions, they can hurt investment returns. According to research, the 20 year return through last year for the average Stock Fund Investor just us, right, we are putting our money to we make about 5. 19 a year. Compare that with the s p which got 9. 85 . Investors we lag the index by 4. 6 every year. The biggest reason for the underperformance . Its us its our psychology. We tend to sell in a panic at the bottom or we jump in on a day like yesterday when markets are rising. To help avoid the emotional traps which can be very costly, go to jillonmoney. Com. I have five investor to dos that will help you weather the correction. Dont get emotional. Brian. I try not to. Although i was tearing up a little bit. Jill schlesinger, thank you very much. [ laughter ] 18 minutes before 6 00. Coming up next, a dead whale washes up in an unusual place. Why wildlife experts are having a hard ,,,,,,,, time check 5 44 on this thursday, august 27. Take a look at your tv screen. This is your uv index report for today. With the abundance of sunshine youre going to want to use spf 30. Shirt sunglasses and hat if you plan to be outdoors today. Make sure you hydrate. Ill tell you what. A rare occurrence in the oakland estuary. A dead whale surfaced yesterday morning. It wedged against a pier with its tail extending under a dock. It was too hard to get to, to measure. People working at the marine in alameda says the strength. Is strong. One of the americans who helped take down a gunman on a train last week says he is grateful to be back in San Francisco. Steve large with Anthony Sadlers first Public Comments since coming home a hero. Reporter to the applause and cheers of the awaiting crowd American Hero and sacramento son Anthony Sadler arrived on stage along with mayor Kevin Johnson and his dad and spoke for the First Time Since coming home. After such a crazy few days it feels good to be back on american soil. Overwhelming. I didnt expect this. Reporter he spoke for only 30 seconds before stepping away from the mic. He added no new insight into the heroic efforts he and his sacramento childhood friends made stopping and alleged terrorist before an apparent massacre. Mayor johnson praised him and gave him a ribbing for what he was wearing. All the pictures of you over europe you had a laker jersey on. Reporter the mayor gave him a Sacramento Kings jersey. Now sacramento has a parade to plan. I thank them for their heroism and for being the best of sacramento showing that to the world. Reporter no date is set. California lawmakers are working with the city and county on the route expected to end at the capital and include a military jet flyover. Sacramentos pr expert has been in some of the early talks and says californias celebration must at least match frances. It will be the parade to end all parades because these guys deserve it. Reporter a sacramento hero is home. The celebration is just getting started. In sacramento, steve large, kpix 5. They deserve that parade for sure. I think we are going to traffic. We have lots of stuff going on. This is especially affecting the tracy commute. We had a fourcar accident thats out there for over an hour now. So west 205 approaching grant line is a fourcar crash just pushed off to the center divider. But traffic has been slow for a few miles now from macarthur stays heavy past the accident scene down the Altamont Pass to vasco. Expect delays for westbound 580 and according to our sensors its not backed up just quite yet heading down the dublin grade. Meantime the rest of the commute the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. And traffic is backed up towards the 880 overcrossing. 19 minutes between the carquinez bridge and the maze. The golden gate commute has been fine. Southbound traffic looking good. We didnt have any roadwork overnight. So all lanes are open and southbound traffic moves well leaving sausalito approaching San Francisco. Richmond san rafael span wide open at the toll plaza. Right now youre doing okay westbound moving well all the way across the span heading into the san rafael area. In Silicon Valley we are seeing backups now for northbound 101. Its going to be heavy from 280 approaching mckee. No delays approaching Great America parkway and bart is on time. Thats a look at kcbs traffic, now to roberta. You can see the top of the transamerica building which means that we are not having any problems with low overcast conditions this morning just a hints of some stratus lining the immediate seashore. But check out livermore. After 97 yesterday, its now 68 degrees very slow cooloff there. Not great sleeping weather at all. Its going to be warmer today than yesterday. And then gradual cooling begins tomorrow. A few north bay showers are certainly possible far, far reaches of the north bay by friday night into saturday morning. Otherwise, a pattern change with more seasonal temperatures working their way this way by the weekend. Warmest day today as High Pressure continues to encompass the state of california really from the desert southwest. Then we have this right here. We have been talking about this all week. Upper level area of low pressure is going to dig to the south and as it does so its going to pull down cooler air mass and nick the north bay with a slight chance of rain. Triple digits in today through the central valley. Great day today. Official sunup at 6 35 and by the time it sets tonight at 7 46 well have at least 13 hours of daylight and temperatures will respond. 79 in pacifica. Moss and montera beaches. 80s San Francisco. Mid80s across the central bay. 90s on the peninsula. 90s to 104 south bay. 101 degrees brentwood. 104 gilroy. Theres slight cooling on friday. Seasonal saturday through wednesday. Its play ball today its afternoon baseball in the sun. Game Time Temperature at 74 degrees. Make it a great day. Caught on camera five people swallowed up by a sinkhole that suddenly opened up in northern china. Surveillance video from a restaurant captured the scene on saturday. Several people were standing at a bus stop when the pavement collapsed. One woman clung to pipes while others fell further in and suffered minor injuries. Nine minutes before 6 00 now on your thursday morning. A different view of the bay area. Area. Why the first time in de,,,, you can save over 500 bucks when you switch to progressive. Thats a fact. But this whole blondes have more fun thing. Standing by for fun. Good morning. Taco in audio told me, look, roberta, you can see venus this morning. Can you see it there above the bay bridge . We currently have temperatures in the 50s and 60s out the door. Later today, we are going to top off at 80 in San Francisco to 104 in gilroy. Your full forecast is coming up during the 6 00 hour. And the bay bridge metering lights are on. It is looking like rush hour at the toll plaza with backups extending beyond the 880 overcrossing. You can see traffic on the overcrossing itself beginning to bunch up, as well. I80 still moving well though through berkeley and emeryville. Ill have more kcbs traffic for you ahead. Nature lovers are finally going to get the chance to climb the new mountaintop park in the bay area. We are talking about mountain umunum just west of san jose. More than three decades after it was aband on the by the air force its one year away from becoming public domain. Toxic waste has been removed from the site to prepare it for the public. Its about 3500 feet to the top. Theres people that have been living down the valley for well over half a century that have been waiting to get up here. And they are finally going to get a chance. The entire project is currently one year ahead of schedule and one Million Dollars under budget. Police are looking for a man who Sexual Assaulted a north bay College Student last week at the santa rosa junior college. The woman says a man wearing a massic came into the restroom at barnett hall and raped her. The suspect is 510, stocky build, dressed completely in black. Yet another gun belonging to a local Police Officer was stolen from a car at the Fruitvale Bart station. The police didnt know which agency the gun belonged to. A few days ago someone broke into the ucberkeley Police Chiefs car while she was shocking at point isabel in richmond and stole her loaded gun, badge, work laptop and diamond ring. It is now 5 56. Private Ride Services are hugely popular in the bay area. So how about one for your kids . The new options designed for working parents. And little vester. Thats how some people here in the bay area remember the man who shot the news crew in virginia yesterday. 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Today i lost the love of my life and it was not slow but it was incredibly painful and it was immediate. I told her that losing someone you love as a spouse or as a significant other would be so so difficult to have to bear. And yet thats what i have to bear right now. Reporter adam ward was engaged to the morning shows producer and is remembered as a