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That document describes the kidnapping in detail. Thats at nbcbayarea. Com. We are tracking a developing story out of new jersey. The commuter train crash that left one person dead. Right now the ntsb is combing the crash site, trying to figure out what triggered the crash that killed a young mother and injured more than a hundred others. It happened during rush hour, just before 9 00 a. M. , at one of the busiest train stations in the new york area, the hoboken station. Passengers say the new Jersey Transit train never slowed. It crashed through a barrier, jumped the track and slammed into a wall. The ceiling came down, the columns came down, couple of people were buried under the rubble. Somebody picked me up and passed me to somebody else through the window. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says the engineer survived and is cooperating with investigators. The one person killed was a mother of an 18monthold baby girl. She was standing on the platform when she was struck and killed by debris. Coming up, like other recent crashes, the new jersey train lacked auto braking technology. Next on nightly news, why most trains dont have this potentially lifesaving system. Were expecting another update from cal fire within the next two hours. As of this hour, the fire remains at 22 containment. A live look from our nbc chopper. You see some firefighting aircraft there. This is the loma fire, about 30 miles south of san jose. A lot of smoke still. Firefighters say they hope to have this contained by monday. So thats some encouraging news. So far, nearly 4,000 acres have burned, and 325 structures remain threatened. Its hard to see through the smoky conditions. Evacuations in Santa Cruz County have been lifted but evacuations in Santa Clara County remain in place. Laura, whats the latest . Reporter raj, firefighters say it is cooler today but heat is still a problem. Im at the loma prieta summit. You can see white plumes of smoke where the fire is popping up along the mountainside and choppers have been very busy in this area making water drops. The flames are so far in the canyon, you cant see them from here. Firefighters say theyre very active. One by one, pg e crews remove power lined downed along chiquita road, making a clear path for firefighters balancing the loma fire. Theres a lot. Theres a bunch of houses up there, a lot of poles. Ive lost track of how many. Reporter the area around chiquita road resembles a scene out of war of the worlds. Houses spared by the fire are scattered throughout the battered terrain. Firefighters had hoped Mother Nature would cooperate more on day four. I copy that. Well be looking for you. Reporter bill murphy with the Santa Clara County Fire Department says warm weather is a major hurdle. The whether is a little bit cooler than it was earlier in the week. Its still warm. Humidity is at the top of the ridges, still very low. So we do continue to have active fire behavior. Reporter the fog is so heavy in parts that firefighters have to wait for it to lift before they can make their drops. Murphy says conditions will be tricky between now and friday afternoon, when cooler air is expected. For now, firefighters are focusing on the east and southeast corner near the drainage and waiting to build a line directly on the fires edge. We need to do that when the weather is cooler and the fire behavior is reduced. Reporter back here live, you can see that chopper making another drop, getting ready to make another water drop on the fire. Because it is still warm, firefighters expect the fire to burn throughout the night. But they do hope to have it contained by next monday. Tonight at 7 00, firefighters are holding a Community Meeting at Loma Prieta Elementary School for the community, and really anyone who wants information about the loma fire. Reporting live from the santa cruz mountains, laura malpert, nbc bay area news. Cooler temps are on the way and possible showers. Firefighters are banking on that to help in the firefight. We continue our Team Coverage with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Jeff . Temperatures have dropped 20 degrees from what we experienced earlier this week, as we go ahead and get a look at our microclimate weather. Currently 74 degrees on the fire lines. Winds have picked up a little bit, even though its the cooler direction, thats not helping firefighters so much, out of the west at 13. Humidity up at 57 , thats the good news. Eventually 60s by 7, 8, and 9 00 tonight. We are forecasting a change in the wind for tomorrow, thats going to be the biggest threat against this threat. Well go from wind of about 9 Miles Per Hour tonight to winds increasing up to 22 Miles Per Hour by friday evening. So gusty on friday, and then check it out, by this weekend numbers go even cooler. On sunday, a high of 67 degrees and the possibility of some rain. Were tracking that rain forecast in detail, coming up in about 14 minutes. Thanks, jeff. We are constantly updating our digital platforms with new information on the loma fire, including evacuation orders. Get the latest on our app and web pages. Jewish Community Members are annoyed by antisemitic fliers pinned to cars at the lafayette b. A. R. T. Station. The flyers refer to the Jewish Community as certificaserpents advocate separating them from children. They were found on cars on tuesday night in several of b. A. R. T. s parking lots. B. A. R. T. Says its a First Amendment issue and theres nothing it can do about it. Now to decision 2016. 40 days until the election. Today donald trump was in the battleground state of new hampshire. New hampshire has just four electoral votes, but in a tight race, everything counts. Trump told the audience yesterday was a sad day as he accused the fbi of granting imimcommunii imimmunii imcommunii immunity to Hillary Clinton. I dont think ive ever seen a thing like that in my life. The fbi denies its playing politi politics. Trump supporters are being urged to talk up bill clintons marital infidelties, prompting supporters to ask for a response. Im not going to comment on how he runs his campaign. We have two more debates to see what he says and what i say. Today marks the first day of early voting in iowa. Stanford health care is under fire in two new lawsuits, alleging it failed to protect patients from sexual abuse by a former employee. Ill have the latest details coming up next. Also California Workers are getting some retirement relief as Governor Brown signs a landmark bill into law. See you later, alligator a local author who overcame a disability to realize her dream is now giving it all away for free. Shes part of our bay area proud series. And good afternoon, im meteorologist jeff ranieri. Dry in the Doppler Radar right now. But were tracking a storm system offshore. Well have details on when rain could be arriving. Because she doesnt know that it kills 40,000 californians. Every year. Because she doesnt understand what cancer is. Because she cant spell emphysema. Because she is a butterfly, who fights fires. Because she is my daughter, and the Surgeon General says that raising tobacco taxes. Is a proven way to make sure she never smokes. Thats why im voting yes on 56. Against Stanford Health care. The accusations . The Work Environment was so toxic it scathing accusations today against Stanford Health care, that the Work Environment was so toxic, it prevented workers from reporting the sexual abuse of patients. Nbc bay areas Stephanie Chuang has more. Stephanie . Reporter good evening to you, janelle. We have this man who preyed on a 16yearold boy, hes been behind bars a few months now, that part of the case is over. But new civil suits are shifting the spotlight to his former employer, Stanford Health care. The teens mom says its a struggle every day. She did not appear on camera, to protect her sons identity. Its just you know, i sent him to stanford because i knew it was a good hospital. Reporter but now through tears, this bay area mother says she has no option but to sue stanford after she discovered an anesthesia technician had molested her 16yearold son when he was sedated for surgery. Even worse, she says it could have been prevented. In may he was arrested for another molestation case. This attorney represents both. We believe Stanford Health care was negligent in hiring this sexual predator and giving him an environment in which he could prey. Reporter the lawsuit claims witnesses witnessed him sexually abusing patients. It was wellknown, it says, that he liked to fiddle with private parties. Stanford says, quote, there are extensive inaccuracies. But this mom isnt satisfied. They just want to cover their tracks, and not be at fault. Reporter there were two lawsuits filed this week. The other by a former manager at Stanford Health care who says he was pushed out because he was a whisti inle blower. Well hear from him in our 6 00 hour. Stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. The embattled ceo of wells fargo testified before the House Financial Services committee. U. S. And california regulators have find wells fargo 185 million after employees, trying to meet sales targets, opened 2 million fake accounts. Here is just some of what ceo john stumpf faced today. Did wells fargo employees steal from a million to 2 million of their customers . Yes or no . In some cases they did. Well, something is going wrong at this bank. And you are the head of it. This is wrong. This is immoral. And this may even be criminal. And so it went. Some Committee Members are suggesting wells fargo violated federal racketeering laws. Still no word whether regulators will refer this case to the doj, the department of justice, for possible criminal charges. If you dont have a retirement plan, a New California law may have you covered. Today governor jerry brown signed a new law to let California Workers join a staterun savings program. Its called secure choice. Nearly 7 million californians were automatically enrolled once it was signed. The state treasury says the law will help workers whose jobs dont offer retirement plans. Growing up with a disability doesnt mean you cant accomplish great things, its just a little more challenging to get there. One bay area woman has pursued her dream and helped bay area children in the process. Garvin thomas has more. Reporter her mom taught her if you work hard enough at something, youll make it happen. Although the finished result isnt always predictable, sometimes its better. Julie dart is living her dream. Im just writing the description. Hes really tall. Reporter or at least parts of it. Ever since julie was a little girl, she remembers wanting to be a famous, successful writer. Though the possibility of that happening seemed very unlikely. I just always felt stupid, to be honest with you. I felt like i was always being reprimanded for not paying attention in class, and i really was trying. I felt like i was trying my hardest. Reporter the reason . Julie later discovered she had a severe learning disability, dyslexia. That literary dream seemed farther away than ever. I always felt like i was going to do something big. But then when i looked in the mirror and thought about my grades and how i wasnt smart, itai thought theres no way thats going to happen. Reporter but one day she sat, pregnant, riding b. A. R. T. Into the city and trying to not to fall asleep, she started writing a Childrens Book about an elephant standing up to her bullies. I can barely read my own writing. Reporter after having trouble finding a publisher, julie just did it herself. Then began going to schools, reading her book, hoping to sell a lot of them. Maybe six kids would be able to buy a book. And then i would see the kids over on the side in the corner being sad. And then i would ask the teachers whats going on . They said, they dont have enough money. Reporter so julie says she made a terrible business decision but a wonderfully generous one. Im going to give away free books. Reporter visiting low income schools and groups like sunday friends, julie has now given away more than 500 books. That dream of being a rich author on hold, at least for now. Ellie giggles again and ran downstairs. Reporter the one she now has of sharing the story of an elephant overcoming obstacles, just like the author who created her, well, thats an even better one. So awesome. You can see ellie has the puppet to go with the story. Julie says her dyslexia is such an issue, she cant edit her own writing, meaning when she will write it, she has difficulty reading it again to check for spelling or grammar, things like that, she has to pass that off to somebody else. We say being an author when youre dyslexic is a challenge. She really means it. But its something she really wants to do. Shes a great storyteller. Fantastic. Thank you so much, garvin. Thanks, garvin. San francisco, already a tough place to get around, you know that. In the next few days it could be nearly impossible. Between fleet week, the music festival, and the San Francisco giants, you can expect street closures and a lot of gridlock. Here is nbc bay areas christie smith. Reporter south of market is a challenge most days, with the commute and construction. Now thats about to get even harder. Its going to be really bad, its going to be backed up a lot. A lot of people on the street. Reporter this weekend the giants play at at t. Across town at golden gate park, 750,000 people are expected for the hardly strictly bluegrass festival. Next week, dream force. Last year we saw record attendance, 1. 2 it Million People coming in to San Francisco for fleet week. Reporter from the embarcadero, crowds will line up to see navy ships and the blue angels. Police will work overtime and step up patrols. We work with federal, state, and the rest of our local Law Enforcement and agencies to make sure these events run smoothly. We place signs on the freeway, at different portions in San Francisco to let people know there are alternate routes. Reporter sfmta is adding service and relying on their experience handling multiple events. I like it. I think San Francisco is meant to have a lot of people. No surprise, transit officials are urging people to walk or take Public Transit or maybe just ride a bike. If you want a closer look at the streets that will be closed this weekend, go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com. We were just saying, we had a big weekend last weekend, and now this weekend, and the following weekend. Always busy in the bay area. Great living around here. A little bit of rain coming this weekend. Its been a while since we had some measurable rainfall. It still looks like a decent chance to get something. As we get a look at the standing Doppler Radar, you can see nothing showing up right now. But once again, as we head into sundays forecast, that looks like our next best chance to potentially see some activity developing across the bay area. The fog has dramatically dropped temperatures from upper 90s at this hour on monday down to 69 degrees right now in san jose. Temperatures expected to go into the low 60s by 8 and also 9 00. Humidity increasing, the air not quite as dry outside right now. As we head into tomorrow mornings forecast, widespread low clouds will return yet again throughout the bay area. Youll likely need a light jacket with temperatures expected in the low 50s. As our storm system gets even closer, it is going to help to drop temperatures for tomorrow, another 3 to 5 degrees. Its actually put us below average here in san jose tomorrow, with 77 degrees. Even cooler in cupertino at 75. Take the jacket in half moon bay, a cold 57 microclimate in effect. Palo alto, 70 degrees. San francisco, you need that jacket as well. 62 in the financial district. The marina expecting 58. North bay, east bay, and tri valley, out of the 90s, out of the 80s. Our hottest locations typically right here across the tri valley. Were looking at 77 in pleasanton and 79 in dancel. Friday nights forecast, we have two different storm systems offshore. It really is this first storm system that looks like its going to move in again on sunday and bring us that best chance of rain. We might even have a slight chance of thunderstorms, the way some of this upper level energy is organizing and increase the wind. Lets take you to sunday and the futurecast. You can see by the Early Morning hours, everything is off to the north. 10 30 a. M. , still dry in the bay area, although clouds will be increasing. Well take our best chance still to get any activity would be 5 30 p. M. , north bay, east bay, and peninsula, and tries to keep san jose and morgan hill dry. We may get a few drops. Trace amounts to 8 10ths of an inch, not a huge storm. Anywhere near lake tahoe, were expecting snow sunday evening and monday morning, not a lot, but totals from one to two inches. The extended forecast, you can see for San Francisco and right along the coastline, temperatures in the 60s with best chance of rain on sunday. For the interior valleys, well have 69 for the high on sunday, and that chance of rain. You probably need the umbrella there for the back half of the weekend and the jacket. Looking forward to it, very refreshing. Next, a fire alarm in p petaluma caused a traffic nightmare. We now know how it all started. When mexico sends its people. Theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists. Are you going to have a massive Deportation Force . Youre going to have a Deportation Force. Were rounding em up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. Were going to build a wall. Thats not america. Were all californians. Im tom steyer. Its time to speak out. Please, register. And vote. Vote. Nextgen California Action Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. Reveal n on ourebsite Governor Brown signed a bill that will give earthquake warnings on our cell phones. Happening now and new on our website, Governor Brown signing a bill to give earthquake warnings to our cellphones. The new system will roll out in the next year or two. Trending on our facebook page, some very cute video, the public debut of 23 giant pandas crawling around and cuddling at a Panda Research base in china. Were back in a moment. Today, investigators in petalumy sparked thfirthat burnhomes alon pe today investigators in petaluma say a cigarette likely sparked the fire that burned homes along the freeway in petaluma. You watched the story here on nbc bay area on tuesday. The fire started on highway 101 and jumped to homes, burning 14 homes in all. Investigators believe someone tossed the cigarette out of a car. Up next, robotic pizza making. I love it. Well show you. Nbc bay area responds. Take vo to a man from alameda ordered furniture. Tonight at 6 00, nbc bay area responds to a man from alameda who ordered furniture. But he didnt get what he paid for. We sort out the furniture fuss and let you know how you can avoid a similar scenario. That story and more, tonight at 6 00. Finally at 5 00, only in silicon valley. Zoom pizza, a restaurant in mountain view, says its the only restaurant in the world to have robots making its pizza. The ceo says dont worry, nothing to fear, robots wont be taking away any jobs. He says these robots are just being used for squirting and spreading the marinara sauce. Thats a good job. People are still tossing and kneading the dough and adding the toppings. The dough has to be perfect. And people to eat the pizza. Were here for that. Well be the taste sensors. Nightly news is next. Tonight, deadly train disaster. A speeding commuter train crashes into a station at rush hour. The panic inside, at least one killed, over a hundred injured, and the Safety System that might have prevented it. Why didnt this train have it . Mystery motive. What drove a 14yearold to allegedly go on a shooting rampage at a School Playground . Tonight the firefighters hailed as heroes at the scene. Bank scandal. The former employee who says wells fargo fired her for following orders to open fake accounts and the ceo in the hot seat again today. Plan of attack. How team trump is plotting to go after Hillary Clinton for her husbands past scandals. And flu warning. Why experts worry more

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