scene at international boulevard and 8th avenue. >> reporter: good morning. about 15 to 20 people are displaced this morning because of this fire. the red cross is here on the scene this morning to help these people find a place to stay. the fire broke out at 808 international at 2:30 this morning. it started in some apartments above commercial stores here on international. the fire spread across an alley to a duplex on 8th street. this is an olds building in a densely populated area which provided challenges for firefighters. they had a hard time getting through security gates to get to the fire. now, right now, firefighters are looking for hot spots and removing debris. investigators are on the scene trying to determine the cause of the fire. but as we said, about 15 to 20 people are displaced this morning because of this fire. the red cross is here to help them in any way they can. we're live in oakland. lisa chan, kpix 5. it is a historic morning in cuba. take a live look at havana where a ceremony will be held later this morning to officially mark the u.s. embassy's re-opening there. it will be led by john kerry the first u.s. secretary of state to visit cuba in 70 years. more on today's event from cbs news' hannah daniels. reporter: in just a few hours, the american flag will fly over the u.s. embassy in havana for the first time in 54 years. three u.s. service members took part in a rehearsal ceremony at the embassy thursday as members of the community looked on. the change in diplomatic relations is something this 31- year-old cuban woman is looking forward to. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: when it comes to politics, she says she doesn't care. not when positive things can happen for cubans, young and old. still others like american lois scheckter remain skeptical. her family's farm in havana was seized by fidel castro's regime during the communist revolution and her family fled the country. >> if we have relations with cuba, i don't think we should have them without the reparations. >> reporter: in a newspaper column published on his 89th birthday yesterday, fidel castro repeated claims that the u.s. owes cuba millions of dollars in damages caused by a long-standing trade embargo. now that both sides have taken steps to reestablish diplomatic ties, president obama has called on congress to lift the embargo. >> we don't have to be imprisoned by the past. when something isn't working, we can and will change. >> reporter: many republicans disagree and are calling on cuba to improve its human rights practices before a trade embargo is lifted. hannah daniels for cbs news. high temperatures are forecast for this weekend and that's a real concern for firefighters batting the "jerusalem fire." that's burning in lake and napa counties. cal fire crews have been making significant progress on that fire, but it has burned 24,000 acres. it is 50% contained. 50 structures are still threatened. and evacuations remain in effect. scientists now say el nino is forming that could be even stronger than the last big event 18 years ago. side by side comparisons showing how 1997's el nino formed on the left and on the right. the red and white areas show a more powerful el nino taking shape this year could bring lots of much-needed rain after four years of drought here in california. >> over the next three months, this should turn into what i call a godzilla event. >> the average of all of those models shows that we will be in the strong category. >> el nino is a band of warmer water in the tropical pacific that changes weather patterns. already, the warm currents have disrupted marine life. i know we need a lot of rain but i'm not sure we want it all at once. >> i don't think like to hear people say a godzilla event. last year it was suggested we would have an el nino and it didn't pan out. but this year everything has been consistent. i created this map for you to look at. and when you look at it, it looks like nothing. what does it mean when you see the red area? but those are sea surface temperatures that are well above average for this time of the year. and that is as of this month 2015. and, in fact, this is two celsius above average for this time of the year. now, meanwhile, as we take a look at some of the temperatures across the bay area right now we are in the 50s and 60s. it's mild inland with low overcast skies. temperatures will be soaring today. the outside number will be 93 degrees. we'll pinpoint that area plus the triple digits you can expect this weekend straight ahead. good morning. this friday morning we are going to start off with a closure on oakland city streets because of this morning's building fire burning in oakland. we heard from kpix 5's lisa chan just a few moments ago. we do have 8th and international shut down lots of fire units on scene. so expect to see some delays getting through there at this very early hour of the morning. also, delayed this morning would be the 580 commute. we have the same construction tying up that traffic both east- and westbound 580 through livermore. we have multiple lanes shut down and this closure is expected to last until at least 5 a.m. meantime, heading towards the dublin interchange, west 580 does pick up the closer you get to 680. that's "kcbs traffic." the chp says this is the woman who eluded authorities and escaped from the bay bridge. 25-year-old woman they said she crashed a stolen car on the bridge wednesday morning and then jumped off the bridge. she apparently survived the 70- foot fall to the water below. a dump truck driver gave her a drive. they are trying to find her. her last known address was in richmond. 4:36 now. a sunnyvale woman is accuse of beating her own mother to death with a hammer. it happened at a mobile home park on vienna drive. the suspect herself called police to the scene yesterday afternoon. now, police found 50-year-old linde smith unarmed and cooperative. her mother 81-year-old frances smith was dead from blunt-force trauma and there was a hammer at the scene. the younger woman was later arrested and charged with her murder. detectives say it appears some sort of argument led up to the attack. today the "right to die" debate is going to play out in a san francisco courtroom. lawyers for several terminally ill patients want to block enforcement of state laws more than a century old that bar doctor-assisted suicide. they say the laws are outdated and vague. but state lawyers disagree. the issue gained prominence when 29-year-old brittany maynard moved to oregon to kill herself. pg&e said it paid $300 million in penalties to the state of california's general fund for the 2010 pipeline explosion in san bruno. most of the money will go towards gas transmission safety improvements. it destroyed 3 dozen homes in 2010. the united states wants know whether "islamic state" militants have used chemical weapons. they say they may have used it against them in northern iraq. the u.s. says officials are closely monitoring the reports. that would violate international standards. today is 70 years since the u.s. celebrated v.j. day to end world war ii in 1945. japan agreed to surrender. celebrations breaking out all across the u.s. the next day the world was officially notified of the surrender. then on september 2, general douglas macarthur accepted it on a u.s. ship in tokyo bay. time is 4:39. more than just your average craigslist ad. a bay area certainly wants to know what you will -- seller wants to know what you will trade for steve jobs' car. >> what's cool about your school? email your nomination to us at coolschools@cbssf.com. we may come and feature your school on the show. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,, some new jersey parents took part in a child predator social experiment that went viral. cbs reporter dave carlin tells us why the parents were shocked by what they found. >> mikaela, are you crazy! what's wrong with you! [ crying ] >> what are you thinking! >> reporter: these parents are screaming at their underaged daughters after their girls put themselves in extreme stranger danger. they consented allowing this man coby person to conduct and videotape the social experiment. >> i made a fake profile on facebook posing as a 15-year- old boy. >> reporter: would the three girls he contacted meet with him all alone? each time the answer was yes. and each time, the parents were right there at first hiding. in this case, behind masks in the back of a kidnapper van. [ screaming ] >> stop it, it's your mother and father! >> reporter: it's tough and it's scary and it's getting people's attention. >> 21 million views in two days. >> reporter: person, a professional prankster from clifton, new jersey, says he found the parents with a craigslist ad. >> we approached him in a very professional manner. >> reporter: the parents including this man who is about to surprise his 12-year-old daughter letting a stranger in the house said not my kid. so imagine the shock. >> you're 12 years old! [ crying ] >> that guy is 20 years old! you could have been raped and murdered! [ crying ] >> we already lost your mother. what would i do if anything happened to you! >> daddy! >> reporter: some say these parents went too far. >> a little drastic. >> reporter: but person says the parents did everyone a favor. >> i think they are heroes. >> reporter: parents who love their kids enough to scare them. >> don't you ever do this again! >> reporter: and save them. >> that was dave carlin reporting. a child psychologist says they are not surprised by the results. they say parents should emphasize to kids they should never go anywhere alone with a stranger. state wildlife officials are warning people about an uptick in bear encounters after a black bear brutally attacked a man on his front porch. they say the man stepped outside of his home in mariposa county before dawn yesterday and startled the bear while it was digging through his trash. the bear knocked him to the ground and bit his face before he got inside his home. >> food in the remote countries and water in the remote countries is becoming more scarce. >> never feed pets outdoors or leave trash outside during the drought. south lake tahoe trying to finds a man whose rented paddle board was found in the lake. as steve large reports, investigators don't know who this man is but there are plenty of photos. >> reporter: tahoe's mystery man. this gopro video shows him taking a selfie high atop a tahoe mountain. there are photos with another unidentified man on a heavenly gondola. and these are pictures that show his last known whereabouts in the middle of lake tahoe on a rented paddle board. within an hour from the time he took these photos a boater found his board along with his cam and life jacket floating in the lake. so where is he? >> he would don't have a name. we have an approximate height and weight. it's kind of limited. >> reporter: south lake tahoe police don't know if he had trouble on the water with gusty winds or simply swam to shore. >> it's interesting, yeah. we have been looking at small snippets like so there's a lot of pictures on this gopro. we have been looking at little corners of the photo for clues, you know, locations in the far- off background. >> reporter: the camera shows the man is likely a tourist. video clips show him speaking a foreign language. other photos in his camera show he is also recently visited italy and the united arab emirates. tom gant was out on the lake the day the man went missing. he said the winds could have been strong enough to knock the man from his board. >> if he fell for some reason hit his head, got knocked out, incapacitated, you know, who knows what happened. >> reporter: the man rented his board in cash and because of the language barriers did not leave his name. police are asking lake tahoe resorts to scour surveillance footage to match the man's face with possible guests. no trace of a lake tahoe tourist. only a trail of photos. search-and-rescue will be back on the water tomorrow looking for this man. the south lake tahoe police have also asked the fbi to help identify him. in lake tahoe, steve large, kpix 5. a small tornado damaged several homes in the southern mexican state of oaxaca. witnesses said they heard the rain and wind and ran in their homes. no reports of deaths or injuries from yesterday's twister. all right. time for weather now. >> it took me 50 minutes to get on the freeway. it feels like monday but it's friday. out the door we have low clouds some fog, as well. good morning, everyone. heading out, this is the scene looking out towards the bay bridge where we have overcast skies, temperatures very mild into the 60s. it is 54 degrees in santa rosa. we have some condensation in the form of drizzle inland 40 miles so that means the marine layer is back. warming trend begins today and it's going to be warm to hot this weekend. area of low pressure banking up against the northwestern quadrant of the state of california finally ejecting to the east. it's does so it's going to allow high pressure from the disdose build in and when that -- from the desert southwest build in and when that happens we'll see less of an onshore flow all weekend. we'll have triple digits inland going up to 93 state capital today. low 80s around the high sierra where currently it's 43 degrees in truckee. no marine layer tomorrow morning but this morning we do. once it burns off, 70s across the beaches today. mid-70s across the bay to mid- and high 80s in the inland areas. triple digits over the weekend. then high pressure the ridge begins to flatten 90s inland. guess what! it's preseason football. we have the raiders playing host to the rams tonight at 7 p.m. clear skies great night for football. 72 degrees. liza, when is it not a great night for football? >> that's what i'm saying, roberta. good morning, everybody. we are going to talk about this friday morning commute. and if you plan on heading towards the oakland area just keep in mind we have been talking about this fire in the oakland -- in the city of oakland. 8th and international shut down. we'll have more on that in a few moments. out of oakland toward san francisco westbound traffic wide open at the toll plaza. 19 minutes between the carquinez bridge and the maze. the golden gate commute is okay. you will see delays there this morning because of roadwork the same roadwork and you heard roberta talking her about this it cost her an extra 30 minutes to get into work this morning because of construction westbound 580 near vasco. another stretch near greenville. a couple of lanes of traffic are shut down and it's going to cause delays through there. there's roadwork at both ends of the golden gate. they are in the process of clearing up cones and you can see it is wide open no traffic for 101 approaching the golden gate. highway 92 at the san mateo bridge is in good shape. no delays there. that's a look at your friday commute. thank you, liza. it is 4:49. a man trying to sell a bmw convertible said it once was owned by apple cofounder steve jobs. it's posted on craigslist's website right now. they claim to have documents shoaf the jobses bought a 1995 model 325 when it was brand- new. >> well, if you thinking about it it was owned by steve's wife so he probably saturday in the passenger seat so i have had a lot of selfies people sitting down if the passenger see the taking a picture of themselves. >> there's the car. the owner wants $11,000 for the car. he is the third owner. he will take the best offer. some silicon valley companies are letting people try out their new high-tech products. they include electric skateboards from a company called boosted boards. those boards can go up to 22 miles per hour. seems a little dangerous to me. >> no kidding. >> the company says the boards have recreational and commuting benefits. we are trying to get people out of the cars to help with the urban commute. >> some of the other toys an autonomous security robot. it patrols on its own. it sends video and audio feeds to a human security officer. google showed off one of its driverless cars. all of the companies at yesterday's tech showcase are based in mountain view. >> i saw a guy on one of those skateboards going up broadway past battery and there's a hill as you climb up, you know, towards columbus. and he was booking like 15, 20 miles an hour! i'm like -- >> there has to be a catch. >> until some guy pulls in front of him and then he is done like dinner. but they are pretty cool. 4:51. bart says its work on the transbay tube was a big success. the big changes riders will the big changes riders will notice with when broker chris hill stays at laquinta he fires up the free wifi, with a network that's now up to 5 times faster than before! so he can rapidly prepare his presentation. and when he perfects his pitch, do you know what chris can do? 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>> so much for that. another transbay tube shutdown is scheduled for the labor day weekend. scary moments for people living south of downtown san jose. a grass fire came within a few feet of their homes. it broke out yesterday afternoon along i-280 near 87. a sound wall kept it away from houses on the other side. but you can see how close those flames got. no word on how the fire started that teen suspected in a string of home break-ins and sexual assaults in alameda will not be charged as an adult. district attorney's office hasn't said why it decided to charge this 17-year-old boy as a juvenile. he broke into at least five occupied homes sexual assaulted a girl in her bedroom. he turned himself in on actuals the day after we aired that surveillance video. san francisco police are asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects who robbed a news photographer. investigators say two men you can see here in the picture pushed the photographer and stole his camera near the hall of justice last month. they were caught on surveillance video taking off in a grand prix. the video also shows another truck that appears to be chasing them. the camera and lenses worth more than $9,000. it's :-- 4:56. firefighters gaining ground on the "jerusalem fire." look at the damage, coming up. >> reporter: and i'm lisa chan live in oakland where 15 to 20 people are homeless this morning after a fire broke out. coming up, we'll tell you why firefighters sa,,,,,,,,,,,,,, good morning. thank you for joining us. it is friday, august 14. i'm anne makovec. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. we begin with breaking news in oakland. a fire forced more than a dozen people on to the streets. kpix 5's lisa chan joins us from international boulevard and 8th avenue. lisa, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, about 15 to 20 people are completely displaced this morning. some of them are walking around with nothing but a red cross blanket to keep them warm. the fire broke out this morning at international at 2:30 this morning. it started in some apartments above commercial stores here on international. the fire spread across an alley to a duplex on 8th street. this is an old building in a densely populated area which provided challenges for firefighters. >> it's a dense area. we have a lot of people that live in this area and with that, we tend to find we have people that are living in commercial spaces living in the residential spaces. and then the fact that the city of oakland has old buildings. you have footprints of the buildings that have changed. stores that you think lead to a certain spot don't lead to the right spot. >> reporter: right now, firefighters are looking for hot spots and removing debris. investigators are on the scene trying to determine the cause of the fire. we just spoke to a family who lost their home in this fire. they were just happily reunited with their family guinea pigs. we'll hear from them coming up in the next half-hour. live in oakland, lisa chan, kpix 5. high temperatures are forecast for this weekend. they are concerning firefighters batting the "jerusalem fire" in lake and napa counties. cal fire crews have been making significant progress on that fire but it burned 24,000 acres. it is only 50% contained. 50 structures are threatened and evacuations are in effect. scientists have evidence that el nino is forming even stronger than the last