person or persons who killed those two brothers not far from the san jose state campus. for joel gray to see the broken glass and holes created by the bullets who mowed down his o two friends, brothers, the pain is just too much. >> to go live another life and be better for his self. >> reporter: gray said the older brother recently turned his life around. they worked for gray installing office furniture and were going to school. but last night around 8:45 that ended in gunfire. >> a few shots then rapid fire after that. >> reporter: a police source said at least one person used an ak-47 to kill the brothers as they stood in front of their mother's house. one of the brothers died on the scene, the other at the hospital. the gunman took off in a white vehicle according to witnesses. police tell us this is possibly gang-related. neighbors and friends say without a doubt. >> gangsters, we all know this. but that's what he don't want to do no more. don't care if people say there is no out. there is always an out. he did that. just to come home to see his mother doesn't matter. >> reporter: the older brother was a father himself. now the men are the 32nd and 33rd killings of the year. >> in the end they are unsuccessful because it will probably happen again. that's an unfortunate thing to say but it is the truth. >> reporter: 33 people have been murdered in the city of san jose this year so far. that's three more than the total of last year. reporting live here outside san jose police headquarters, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> the roof of the ferry building caught fire. can you barely see the white smoke here in the picture, above the building. the fire started in the vent above the bakery. roads around the building were closed. no one was hurt. >> all right. i get that it wasn't serious. sfpd is releasing new surveillance video of the suspect accused of biting a bartend ear finger off np is outside of a bar that already closed. the suspect is still not in custody and police are kuling on public health to find it. >> joining us live from sfpd and just spoke with police. this is the one that i have to say we have not heard of before. what are police saying about it? >> good morning. they are calling it a pretty brazen attack by the suspects and while that surveillance video they just released doesn't show the actual attack, it gives us a good visual of the suspect. this took place about a m ago on the 1900 block of lombard street inside of the bar and in the surveillance video from sfpd, you can see the suspect walking around, eating food and also getting into taus el with his friend as his shirt eventually comes off. according to sfpd, the suspect was partying with friends earlier that night in the bar. when he tried get back in after closing he was turned away by the bartender. the suspect allegedly hit the bartender in the face multiple times and allegedly biting the victim's ring finger which was eventually amputated. >> to take it upon yourself to literally bite the finger off of another person, that's pretty extreme. >> very extreme indeed. the us is speak the is has black hair, brown eyes. this is an ongoing investigation. if you have any information to help out with this case, contact sfpd. live if san francisco, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >> new details regarding a hotly debated federal guidance on bathrooms. federal judge in texas is blocking the president's directive to transgender students be allowed to use the locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity. this is rough lay dozen other states challenge the obama directive as unconstitutional. it applies to public schools nation wiewide as many of the schools are opening their doors this week. this supports title ix supporting schools, college answers universities. in oakland it is the first day of school for thousands of children. district superintendent will ride a school bus with students this morning. the district's biggest concern right now is the number of students with missing immunization records. new state law requires all students have proper immunizations. oakland unified soup intend end will have a news conference at 3:00 this afternoon to discuss it. >> superintendents on your bus, you better behalf. anger boils off in san francisco where protesters took to the streets outside a guy bar where man was ambushed and beaten by several police. tommy was beaten so bad outside karaoke bar earlier this month that he today have surgery. police have not ruled it a hate crime but the community say they see it as part after serious ongoing problem. activists rallied yesterday to increase awareness and to encourage members of the gay commune it to look out for each other. >> there is continuing violence and harassment and bullying of lbgt people in san francisco. >> i want to know why we have to be victims or targets. why? are we easy prey? is there not a better solution we could come to? if they would have gotten to know me they would see i'm a pretty okay guy. >> investigators have yet to make any arrest in this attack. >> turning now to the micro climate forecast, clouds are still hanging around. we have a look from our golden gate bridge camera. you can see clouds moving through there swiftly. rob, how long will it hang around? >> we are seeing fog there. but earlier today more than fog. we have thunder there, showers weakening now, moving from east to west across the bay area this morning. a few more scattered showers across the area as hazy skies have broken out there in san jose. 67 degrees. what to expect now moving forward. less isolated showers that come to an end and see year thundershowers continue for the afternoon but our air quality still an issue. hazy skies linger. moderate air quality. here is the good news. we will watch a shift in the bind. that should push more of the smoke out of the bay area. that is one of the changes in addition to the heat making return appearance in some valleys. we will have a look tlat if the full forecast in a few minutes. >> that is a welcome change of direction. thank you. as we have been battling all of these fires after a week of full force ef reports from crews. the lake county fire is almost fully contain. the clayton fire which destroyed 300 structures is very close to being out. at about 95% containment. serial arsonist is suspected of starting that fire about a week ago on august 13th. the valley fire, one of the worse net california's history, burned just miles away from there last year killing three people and destroying almost 600 homes. that fire was sparked by faulty hot tub wiring. there are currently six large fires burning up and down the state of california. thousands of firefighters continuing to man the front lines, trying to their best to contain that. the vicious blue cut fire in san bernardino county is now at about 85% containment. thousands of people who are evacuated from their homes are now being allowed back but some are returning to find those homes levelled to the ground. the chim nie fire meantime burning in san louis obispo county. fair fighters are sighing they have a plan in effect to protect the castle should it come to that. the chimney fire's burned 31,000 acres so far. >> at the same time some cal fire firefighters are battling on the front lines of those fires, some of their fellow firefighters are marching to the state capitol asking for better wages and working conditions. members of the local union plan to walk five miles from their union offices to the capitol steps. last time firefighters rallied like this was back in the 1970s. the union says the firefighters at cal fire make way less than the state's other top fire agencies. here's why. according to the comparison provide by union leadership for local 2881, a cal fire captain earns up to $4600 a month as gross without retirement or benefits. they do earn over time their work week is 72 hours. a captain in one of the 20 largest agencies in the state could earn up to $8700 gross. their work week is shorter, 56 hours. one of the union leaders of cal fire local 2881 writes quote we will not roll over at expense of the men and women who spend so much time away from their families fighting fires on front lines. our brothers and sisters deserve better. the bargaining team will continue to negotiate with the state but at this point the state says that they have to consider all of the other contracts they have pending as well. >> right now, an investigative unit ef collusive and many states injured workers say that california's workers' comp system is just stringing them along. now, some of the problem is too big to ignore. there are claims that workers' comp is driving out medical care. you will hear from a chp officer, ryan snyder, injured in the line of duty. his doctors requested treatment for man 300 times. some of the treatments were repeatedly denied. >> they take so long to get approved or they just never get approved at all. and it is hard it get better under those circumstances. >> is officer snyder the exception or the rule here? >> he's the rule. >> some doctors say that injured workers are being denied treatment now more than ever before. we will tell you why. if you or a loved one has been injured on the job, you will want to catch our full investigation. again that comes up tonight at 11:00. >> up next at 11:00, continuing for u.s. swimmer rye on lochte after lying about being robbed in rio. the the sponsors now dropping lochte. >> bay city building apartments, a lot more. how we stack up against other major cities. welcome back. a kwiquick look at the markets. three biggest indexes all reaching record levels. may be a bit of a pull back right now. only a modest one. dow jones down about 14 points this morning. s&p about a point and half. more trouble this morning for volkswagen. >> indeed. the company really can't afford more trouble. >> reporter: no, they really can't. they will be back in a san francisco courtroom on thursday. but meanwhile, in germany, vw is having huge problems with parts suppliers. that stopped production of the pasat and golf. vw cancelled a contract then refused to pay compensation it a supplier. that supplier is not delivering key parts in response and we are talking about parts like seats. you really need seats. here is something badly needed, apartment construction in the united states hit a ten-year high. rent site rent cafe took a look at construction all over the united states and said, san francisco will have added 9,000 new apartment units in 2016 by the time it's over. san jose just under 6,000. now these are very encouraging numbers. take a look at what another american city is doing, seattle, 13,000 or remember, seattle is smaller than san francisco. l.a. and new york both about 21,000. new york times columnist point out the obama administration has been great for the stock markets. in fact the eight years the obama has been in office is the third best for wall street in history behind the clinton years. that was a dotcom boom. then calvin coolidge is still the all-time record holder. an economist for citibank says this november's election could be as bad as a black swan event. black swan events are wall street speak for an unexpected event like 9/11 or the housing crisis. economists doesn't say which candidate would be bad for wall street. i'll leave that up to your own judgment. >> the first major company to drop ryan lochte. they are donating to save the children for the children in brazil. and ralph lauren says they are not renewing their contract with the swimmer either. lochte is taking responsibility for what he called immature and childish behavior while celebrating in rio. he said he and three other swimmers were held up at gunpoint in rio. >> what i'm trying to get at is the first version you told, ryan, is much more about the mean streets of rio. >> yeah. >> and the version we're hearing now is much more about a negotiated settlement to cover up some dumb behavior. >> and that's why i'm taking full responsibility for it. because i overexaggerated that story. and if i had never done that, we wouldn't be in this mess. >> the international olympic committee has set up a disciplinary commission to investigate lochte and three other u.s. swimmers involved. >> meantime, amazing competitions going on. not to let that be overshadowed. the olympic flame is out. >> not lochte's fault. >> yes. rio threw a massive party to bring the olympic games it a close. in case you didn't notice. >> i did. peter alex an der has the highlights you may have missed in those final days of the game. >> christ the redeemer arms are stretched. >> reporter: colorful end to the games. simone biles, america's 4'9" gymnastics giant. >> the most stunning athlete i have ever seen. >> reporter: leading the team for usa. four gold medals in rio, given the honor of carrying the american flag. a culmination of olympic domination by american athletes here in rio. the u.s. basketball team reigns supreme earning its third consecutive gold medal. >> the united states has won the gold. >> reporter: blowing out serbia, 30-point win. >> a special moment for me. >> reporter: nba star, carmelo anthony, overcomed by emotion. announcing his olympic retirement. >> despite everything that's going on right now in our country, we got to be united. and i'm glad diwhat i did. i stepped up to the challenge. >> reporter: so did brazil. during gold medal this soccer great country so badly wanted. >> brazil strikes olympic gold! >> reporter: brazil's biggest sport star filled with joy and relief after knocking home the game-winning goal against germany in a dramatic shootout. this weekend, the u.s. kept adding to its medal count. commanding in the ring. >> she knows she is closing in on the gold. >> reporter: cla risa shields punching her way to the podium. >>ed to goen again. >> reporter: second straight boxing gold. first american ever to do it. 20-year-old kyle snyder becoming the youngest olympic wrestling champion in u.s. history. >> kyle snyder, olympic champion. >> reporter: during closinger is mooen with millions watching the winners of the men's marathon got their medal including american who took home bronze. stealing the show, japan's prime minister, paying homage to one of the country's most popular exports, super mario. tokyo will host the next summer olympics in 2020. and with the olympic flame extinguished, the rio games will come to a close. >> that is peter alexander closing. here is a final check. team usa waunged way with the most medals, 121 in total. 46 gold. 37 silver and 38 bronze. second place is china with 70 medals over all. great britain with 67 medals. >> all right. because the talent is so evident in the bay area, let's break it down by colleges. stanford broke its previous record with 27 medals. meantime, cal athletes are also coming home with plenty of hardware. 21 medals. i guess in that rivalry, stanford has bragging rights right now. >> if the bay area was its own country it would be up there on the leader board. >> which we are by sheer rep n representation at the olympics. right now, hazy and hard to see much. >> we saw the crowd going behind us. >> yes, clouds and smoke from wildfires. and perfect timing. you are looking at video of storm ranger, operation there. that is the mobile doppler radar on wheels. that is at 12 feet high. nice thing about it as you saw jeff feature this last night red swaeping beam allowing us for the first time to get in leak al into the south bay. we have this tool as we show you the unique challenge the bay area provides here with relation to the mountain top radar. as we have both in the south bay and north bay. curvature of the earth works against us as a lot of these fixed radar sites. storm ranger is a big help us to because it allows us to fill in the gaps we see in coverage out towards the tri-valley where the scans sometimes go up and over the tri-valley. we see right around san francisco. now that have you a mobile radar, have you the road from the peninsula and move over to the east bay. so storm ranger filling in radar gaps from the tri-valley and back over to san francisco. to track a number of items, not just related rain fall but damaging wind gusts and at times like we have seen recently in southern california, wildfire smoke plumes as well. so it has better detail, seven times faster than radars. and speaking of filling in coverage, isolated showers off-shore in marin county. now you see the fog and low clouds around san francisco. still the slight chance of a few scattered showers around some of the inner portions of the east bay. here as we head from about noon to 7:00 now you look at clearing skies inland but low clouds coming back in and more drizzle and mist out on the coast. watch out if you head to the sierras. can you see thunderstorms continue throughout the day. powerful ones, too. south of lake tahoe. large hail could be possible with stronger cells setting up south of highway 50. air quality still an issue today but good news, i think, with the shift in the winds. we should see, here is one of the high resolution models we use to see where the smoke is head next. now if a wind shift later today, notice how the areas around the bay area are clearing out a little bit. still smoke around the east bay and south bay. as northwest winds pick up, air quality starting tomorrow should improve from the mostly hazy skies we have been seeing here over the last couple of days. temperatures for another day staying fairly mild. upper 70s instead of low 80s we see around san jose for this time of year. numbers in the mid 60s. and mid 70s up towards the north bay. as we head towards the middle part of the week, temperatures on the rise. not so much of san francisco, but tri-valley numbers, turning closer to the 90s as we approach wednesday. back to you. >> coming up, is donald trump shifting his stance on immigration after promising to build a wall and deport undocumented immigrants in mass? we will show you about new reports that could change his position. >> but first, happening right now on the twitter feed, olympic gold medallist gabby douglas is on to new endeavors. the gymnastic star is judoining the judge's panel for the miss america competition. and a cup of coffee that may be too pretty to drink. we talked to a barrista who makes elaborate art in her customers' drinks. what is she whipping up? turning to decision 2016 and indication that donald trump might be looking to change his tone on one of his most divisive proposals of his campaign season so far. is donald trump softening his stance on deporting 11 million undocumented immigrants in the united states right now? >> reporter: a new week and a new tone for donald trump's team. seeming to soften his stance supporting the so-called deportation force to remove the estimated 1 is 1 million undocumented immigrants in the u.s. will trump actually use that force? >> to be determined. >> reporter: the candidate himself still silent about it. trump still struggling to win over minority voters. not just latinos, but african-americans, from whom he has about 1% support. >> you're living in poverty. your schools are no good. have you no jobs. 58% of your youth is unemployed. what the hell do you have to lose? >> reporter: that argument to black voters delivered to mostly white communities. >> that is for all-americans and i'm white, i was very moved by his comment. in other words he is trying to tell americans that we can do better. >> reporter: now as trump tries to stay on message for another week, and on attack against hillary clinton, one of his top sur gates is raising high brows, raising questions about hillary clinton's health. clinton's team shot down what they call deranged conspiracy theorys about her physical fitness. sh is off the campaign trail doing fund-raising and facing new fire for her foundation with questions now about why the clinton foundation will stop accepting corporate and foreign donations if she is elected but didn't do so while she was secretary of state. >> what the foundation is saying is that they don't want to become a distraction that they want to go as far as they possibly can to make sure there's no possible conflict of interest. >> that was halle jackson reporting and again this morning clinton's e-mail controversy is in the headlines as collin powell is pushing back against a report that clinton told the fbi that advised her on the use of private e-mail. collin powell says clinton's people have been trying to pin it on him. his office acknowledging that powell did send a memo detailing his use of private e-mail but only after clinton started using hers. chris? >> hillary clinton will be back in the bay area on wednesday for fund-raising luncheon in redwood city. this event is 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chicago to new york. >> i've done this for 32 years, it's time to go play somewhere else. >> reporter: all over the nation's airspace is air traffic controllers retiring and leaving their post. >> there is an inherent risk to the system when have you tired air traffic controllers, overworked air traffic controllers. >>. >> reporter: rich retired last week after 27 years at san jose national airport. >> if they don't have enough rest, if they are not adequately staffed, if they are working multiple shifts of overtime, ultimately what happens is mistakes are more likely to happen. >> reporter: according to faa data, san jose's tower currently has three quarters of the certified air traffic controllers that the faa considers full staffing. the problem is more severe at chicago o'hare, new orleans and miami. not just in airport towers either but in radar facilities known as tracons. staffing shortages at tracons in new york, dallas, atlanta and denver. >> not good for the flying public. >> reporter: steve mccoy works in sacramento's tracon where they handle outgoing and incoming airplanes into northern california and says his facility is at its lowest staffing facility since opening. >> instead of eight or seven people, we are limited to five or six, we have to slow airplanes down. >> it is a big video game you're not allowed to lose. report fred works out of san francisco's tower. >> we aren't compromising safety is but we will slow things down. if it gets to the point where we are over our limit, we will slow things down. >> we need to reform this whole process. >> reporter: because of the potential for delays of the public there they now have the attention of congress. faa acknowledges the problem and testify they are working to streamline hiring. >> we must commit to hiring training and supporting the best con troerl work force in the world. >> reporter: the agency announcing it will kpe indict some 1400 controllers. this shortage has been in the works for decades and could take years to fix. for example even if all 1400 controllers were hired tomorrow it could be 18 ms to three years before they are trained well enough to become certified. and many potential hire is wash out because of the demands of the job. >> we have seen delays. >> reporter: doug rice is a commercial airline captain. said pilots are noticing tired and overworked air traffic controllers across the country. >> sometimes you hear frustration. someone will get short with a pilot. you will hear that. you hear a guy making a mistake. he will set you up behind an airplane, sets you up high, misses an altitude. report we have seen complaints over nasa for the decade. hundreds of mistakes and delays where controllers site staffing shortages and heavy workload. take the example of one controlener burbank. covering for two supervisors and two controllers when he cleared two different airplanes to climb the same flight path and altitude. only the onboard warning system on the planes and pilot intervention kept the planes from colliding. >> does it concern you when people have to combine positions? >> absolutely. it is a more demanding task when you have to combine positions. if each person can work a hundred airplanes, if you're asked to work two sectors, can i only work 50 planes in each sector. i can't work a hundred in both. it is notal humanly possible. >> you think of the likelihood of an accident and people getting hurt increases? >> yes, that perfect storm is probably on the horizon. there could be a catastrophe and that's not something anyone want it see. >> reporter: a spokesman says faa shares frustrationes with low staffing levels right now and says so far 19,000 people applied for the 1400 open positions. he emphasizes that america has the safest aviation system in the world and that proper staffing and safety is a top priority of the faa but even if all of the air traffic controllers are hired tomorrow experts tell me another 1500 or so controllers are due to retire and will need to be replace et just in the next couple of years. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> stephen, thank you. if you have a tip, give us a call. or send us an e-mail. >> developing story now, a conflict of storms brought record breaking rain fall and flash flooding in texas. heavy rain pounding the austin area this weekend. several people had to be rescued as floods swept through the area. high waters also consumed streets and bridges and traffic. so far though no reports of injury. >> president obama will be in in baton rouge tomorrow to visit with the people of the city that have been ravaged by severe flooding. el tour the hardest hit area whereat least 13 people were killed last week and thousandis were were forced from their homes. the president rapped up a 16-day vacation on martha's vineyard yesterday. did receive criticize for not cutting that trip short to head to louisiana sooner. however, the governor of louisiana said this weekend he told the president to hold off on his visit because resources were needed to help the people and not protect the president on a visit. >> you mentioned the president going to the gulf coast, tracking zika right now looks like the virus could stick around for some time and gulf coast states are the most vulnerable. officials with the national institutes of health at nih said the zika virus could hang around the u.s. for a year or two. states like texas and louisiana could also see cases. florida's already been hard hit. zika has been found in two neighborhoods miami-dade county. last week nonrelated infections were found in miami beach and there is a travel warning for women heading to those neighborhoods. counterfeit drugs were found in prince's estate. the pills had a powerful opioid called fentanyl. they were inside aspirin and vitamin bottles tuck need a suitcase in duffle bags and dressing room. prince did not have a prescription for any controlled substances in minnesota. authorities are investigating how prince got the drugs. >> coming up, your last chance to celebrate the summer. labor day is coming up ppt reason more and more americans will be getting out of town. >> right now we are looking at hazy sunshine. 67 degrees in san jose and temperatures running quite a ways below the average high of 83 degrees for today. warming trend ahead in your seven-day forecast. what you can expect coming up. labor day is about 2 weeks away. and so is your last chance for a summer vacation. as crazy as this might soupd, we are soaking in the final weeks of summer. labor day is only two weeks from now. this is your last clahance for true summer vacation. >> airline tickets might be cheaper but don't plan on using your frequent flyer miles or reward miles because labor day weekend is another blackout period. despite that, expert say there are plenty of offers out there. >> affordable airfare and good hotel prices are making it a good time for people to get way. >> national average for a gallon of regular gas is $2.16. you can get quite a deal outside the bay area. >> exactly. but is the bay area different? relatively speaking gas prices do want to remain low. they are below $3. cheapest gas is in oakland at $2.67. roughly $2.70 in san jose and around $2.80 in san francisco. >> and we don't have to car pool any more. >> no, we always ride together. >> and fancy ranger. >> and car pool at 4:30 in the morning. right now temperatures in the 60s. hazy sunshine but socked in by low clouds. san francisco's 63 degrees. you can see san francisco there, misty skies at times and we did have a few brief like showers pass by a bit earlier this morning. in san jose, 67 degrees. hazy sunshine there too and out towards tri-valley, livermore, 69 degrees and a trend moving forward through the day. livermore school district back at school and temperatures not all that bad. low 80s for high. average high should be closer to 87 degrees. so here is that interesting weather we had this morning. just off the coast there in marin county. those were thundershowers as the system moved moisture from east to west across the bay area and a lot of the more active weather for the rest of the afternoon is aiming in across the sierra and you can see that east of fresno. look at the lightning strikes around mammoth and yosemite as we head toward the afternoon. clearing skies now, showers for us mostly done. if you head it high country during the day, watch out for ongoing thunderstorms. low clouds surging back across the bay as we head towards the evening commute. there you see thunderstorms around. some are very intense we think south of highway 50 heading through afternoon. here is something good we think for air quality. winds aloft, expected to shift as we head into tomorrow morning. what we are hoping for is going from a day like today where we are still seeing moderate levels of smoke around at area. at least for north bay and east bay we get better as winds begin to shift slightly into tuesday and wednesday. hopefully a little bit of relief from some of that smoke we have been seeing the last couple of days. >> high temperatures near 78. mid 60s closer to san francisco. mid 70s in the peninsula. there you see still slight chance of a strie shower around the hills around santa rosa for the afternoon. looks like the chance of showers have left the forecast around livermore. seven-day forecast will be trending slight slily warmer for san francisco. change is coming for wednesday around the tri-valleys. some inland locations approaching closer to 90 degrees. dry forecast moving towards the middle part of the week. i want to point your attention back to the sierra. this is composite radar and also consider a base reflective scan or dual polarization radar. now what if you could drive a doppler on wheels right to those sites we're seeing there on the radar with the perfect tool at nbc bay area as you can see it includes the technology of the existing radar as we have now. but a higher resolution, seven times faster and right there on-site with more on what storm ranger can do, here is chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. >> weather in the bay area can bring strong winter storms producing flooding to follow and drizzle reducing visibility dramatically in just a moment. then the hot summer weather that can relentlessly fuel wildfires. tracking these conditions with a conventional doppler radar in the bay area micro climates can be challenging as our topography of mountains, hills and valleys can track data. there is a new way to track with storm ranger. mobile radar on wheels we can move where the weather will be most active. this will become part of nbc doppler radars, making it the first for any television market in the world. but it's not just any doppler radar. it is a equipped with dual polarization. that will enable more of a two dimensional view of what is happening inside a storm. letting us know more accurately how hard it is raining. there is also an x-band radar. this can provide higher detail on wildfire smoke and where it's headed. storm ranger will improve accuracy when a storm hits the bay area. here's why. as the current national doppler service radar is at 3,335 feet above sea level, it can often overshoot the top storms from san francisco to san rosa. this leaves gas in rain data. this issue is solved. since it is on wheel we can move the doppler radar to give the best scan for whatever conditions come our way helping to build a data gap and bring you the most accurate weather data. >> all right, you will definitely see that coming miles away down the street. >> okay, as the person who is the human weather vein out in the morning, i think this will replace me, it's not. i'm super excited. >> our sister station knbc has been tracking it to track the blue cut fire smoke. so we are looking at air quality, severe wind gust, severe storm potential and in the rare instance there are tornadic events, we would know before software systems. >> and the one along the peninsula. >> where the sunnyvale tornado. low-level scan such as this can pick up that rotation. >> developing really quickly, this is an extremely valuable tool. >> who knew we would be looking forward to the storm season. out with summer now. >> on to other crafted things. out with summer? how about that cup of coffee. up next, a piece of art with your coffee perhaps? special reason people are standing in line at a bay area coffee shop. there's a hint. animals on there. birds. bob redell has a look at a unique barista talent. something odd floating in your cup of joe. =sam/2shot= it be can a fish, turtle, you name it. and surpisingly: no one complains. nbc bay area's bob redl we're talking about the price of coffee here. one coffee shop, it's okay to have something floating in your coffee. >> report the last thing anyone wants in their cup of joe is something staring right back at them, unless melaccino puts it there. >> customers pour into the elite coffee bar, not just for the good coffee, but to digest mel's artistic genius. what's your favorite? >> i've never seen anyone like hers, honestly. it is usually just like this. >> kind of like writing with a quill in ink. >> reporter: two inks, milk that's been whipped to a heavy froth. and chocolate melted to just the right consistency. the process is a race against the clock. that's why mel usees a thick mocha. >> usually try to get it done before five minutes. of that bubbles start popping and the picture doesn't look as crisp. >> reporter: mel's whose background is in water color started about a year ago. >> i look at pictures from a year ago and i think wow i've improved a lot since then. >> whether it is one thing or an otter, these have kodak moments. too pretty to drink, too good not to. >> is this the hair of the dog? still a little abstract now. >> that's why it is good it is temporary. it takes the pressure off. if it doesn't come out great, it's okay. the customer drinks it pretty much right away. >> in san francisco, bob redell, today in the bay. >> i like the hummingbird. i like that one. what do you want? >> sings a sweet sound. i like the otter. meet baby kimora! kari hall gave birth to this beautiful baby girl this we have a new edition to the today in the bay family. this is baby kimora. carrie hall gave birth to this beautiful baby girl this weekend. carrie does want everyone to know that she and the baby and kj and daddy are doing great. congratulationses to the entire family. >> we're so happy for them. you just want to go hold that baby. >> i do. see her little toes. i think carrie would let me. >> that's it for us. we have another newscast at 5:00. 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