Can actually cover. Reporter schools from redwood city to cupertino to san jose report a drastic substitute teacher shortage. The reason, more teachers retiring. The high cost of living in the bay area. But mainly, experts say, its the economy. As the economy has improved, you do have individuals going into different fields. So we dont have as many individuals going into the teaching fields. Reporter the shortterm solution, schools all over the bay area are pulling teachers out of their prep periods to fill in. This is the state logo. Reporter district and School Administrators are being sent back into the classrooms, or as is the case at this school, classes are doubling up. Its very concerning. Were working with our local universities to make sure that they are funneling some of these individuals that are recent graduates to our district. Reporter in the meantime all right, you will see. Reporter schools across the bay area are scrambling every morning to put a certificated employee in every classroom. Schools cant put just anyone in front of the classroom. That person has to be state certified. Were hearing from schools in redwood city, cupertino, here in san jose, about this short an. We did hear from the San Jose Unified School district. They say they have not seen this problem at all. Now to more details on the requirements to be a sub in the Alum Rock School district. You must have a bachelors degree, must pass the california basic skills test or the cbest, and you must past a fingerprint test with the department of justice. The average pay for a substitute teacher in the Alum Rock School district is 130 a day. New fallout in the Domestic Abuse case involving San Francisco 49er ray mcdonald. The San Jose PoliceDepartment Says officers for now can no longer moonlight with the team. That announcement comes as the department continues to investigate reports that mcdonald called a san jose officer to his home before the official 911 call went out for the incident in august. Mcdonald was arrested on suspicion of felony Domestic Violence against his pregnant fiance. Over a dozen San Jose Police officers work with the niners in the same capacity. Today the police chief issued a statement reading in part, due to the flexionties of the investigation we feel its in our best interests to suspend all San Francisco 49er secondary employmentrelated assignments nerve further notice. Prosecutors have not yet charged mcdonald. The District Attorney received the case from Police Last Week and is still deciding. President obama has arrived in San Francisco to pick up Campaign Cash for Congressional Democrats. Air force one touched down at sfo about three hours ago. This is the president s third visit to the bay area this year. So far hes raked in 32 million for 2014 elections. Mark matthews is live outside the w hotel in San Francisco. Thats the south of market neighborhood where 200 guests are paying a bundle to meet the president , whos expected to arrive any minute. Reporter any moment we are now hearing the helicopters hovering overhead. We expect the president to arrive shortly. Inside, 200 guests, theyve paid between 500 and 32,000 to meet with the president. Outside, theres protesters down there. About half a block away. Shouting at the president to stop the bombing in iraq and syria. On the other side of the street there are more protesters saying that the president should do more to combat isis. Were outside with the folks who are yelling for the president to pay attention. Genocide reporter a couple of dozen protesters are shouting at the president to stop the bombing in iraq and syria. Our violence starts to foster more violence in response. Theres no end to it. Stop the bombing of syria. No more war in iraq. Get the u. S. s bloody hands out of the middle east. Reporter inside the w hotel we cannot show you the president s event is closed to the general public and reporters. 200 guests have paid between 500 and 32,000 to get in. Dr. John ma is one of them. Here to support the president , all the great work that hes doing, particularly with the Affordable Care act. Reporter weve heard through aides that tonights event will net a little over 1 million, and tomorrow mornings roundtable with some highdollar donors will bring in another 750,000 to 800,000, money the president is raising to help Congressional Democrats in this novembers election. For folks trying to get home tonight, the street closures tied to this president ial visit are adding to an already difficult drive through downtown San Francisco. Third street is closed between folsom and mission. And howard is closed from Second Street down to fifth. Its godawful. I mean, how bad can it get . This is just really awful. I hate it, man. Thats San Francisco for you. Reporter the president is going to spend the night at the Intercontinental Hotel at fourth and howard. Tomorrow, he hosts that roundtable for two dozen bigdollar donors including the cofounder of zynga. And we are watching the motorcycles roll in. We expect the president any moment. Lets come on back. The president has collected 32 million this year alone. The republicans from their bay area donors have collected about onethird of that amount, about 11 million. Reporting from San Francisco, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. Lets take a look at our traffic maps where you can see, my goodness, the traffic in the south of market and San Francisco neighborhood, pretty bad right now. A lot of red and yellow, slow and go. Down the peninsula, 101, you can see palo alto right there a little bit of slowing. Especially southbound. Northbound youre looking smooth, pretty good right now. Our live look at 101. This could be a rough night in palo alto. The stanford Football Game tonight. Number two, a concert at shoreline amp theater in mountain view. If you go a little further south down to santa clara at levis stadium, the first ever friday Night Lights High School Football event. This is what it looks like at Great America parkway and highway 101. It doesnt give you a great idea from that shot. Eight high schools participating in the twoday event at levis. Other news, mourners raise a giant flag for a fallen hero. The body of a south bay pilot killed tuesday while battling wildfire in yosemite was brought home to san jose today. He died when his air tanker crashed. Kimberly terry was there for the somber procession. Shes live in san jose with the emotional farewell. Reporter janelle, a memorial was held just for immediate fami family, but firefighters from san jose, santa clara county, and california fire showed up to pay their respects. Any time you lose a member of the fire service in the line of duty like this, you know, its very challenging. Very sad. Our hearts go out to the family of mr. Hunt. He died courageously. Reporter Jeffrey Craig hunt was battling the dog rock fire near the West Entrance to Yosemite National park when his air tanker went down. This video shows the moments right after the crash. This is just one more reminder of the ultimate sacrifice of some of the firefighters. And really the risk that comes with doing the profession that we chose to do. Reporter hunt, a private contractor for the California Department of forestry, was piloting an s2t tanker when the crash happened. It can carry up to 1,200 gallons of retard ant and is prized for maneuverability in steep terrain. After the crash, cal fire grounded its remaining 22 air tankers to assess their safety and their pilots comfort level. Its something where, you know, it affects everybody as a whole. Reporter today federal officials clears the tankers to fly again after an investigation found no structural or aging aircraft issues. The ntsb continued to investigate the cause of the crash. You know, our primary mission with ntsb is to figure out what happened, why it happened, how can we prevent this from ever occurring again . Reporter hunt would have celebrated his 63rd birthday this tuesday. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. The applegate wildfire 30 contained, three days after the fire first broke out in placer county. The fire has burned more than 400 acres and destroyed six hopes. This is video of yesterdays firefight. Tonight, thousands of homes are being threatened and mandatory evacuations are still in place. Fire officials are investigating reports of tire fires which could have caused the wildfire. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking a newly issued red flag fire warning. Yes, its expanded the past 12 to 18 hours. It includes all the hills above 1,000 feet in the north bay, east bay, south bay, and portions of the peninsula as well. Were talking about humidity down to 15 by sunday. Winds that will likely gust offshore to 30 miles per hour. So again, no ocean breeze. That winds coming from that dry, hot inland location helping temperatures surge up. The area of High Pressure producing heat throughout this weekend. Hottest day will be sunday. Not only is it going to be warm inland, check it out at the coastline. We are forecasting 77 on sunday. Half moon bay, its going to be tempting to maybe dip your toes in the water, youre going to want to think twice. Were talking about very dangerous rip currents and also sneaker waves that may occur. Check out the swells here. Saturday, 4 to 7 feet. Sunday, we could see some waves here top 15 feet. So warm at the beaches but extra caution if you are heading in that water. Relief for passengers on a plane quarantined at the las vegas airport due to an ebola scare. The delta flight jfk to las vegas was locked down after a 1yearold became ill. His mother told authorities they had recently traveled to africa. Mother and child were evaluated, neither had symptoms consistent with the ebola virus. Tomorrow, jfk airport will start screening passengers who fly in from west africa for body temperature checks. The ebola death toll in west africa has now surpassed 4,000. Coming up at 6 30, inside the 55,000 square foot warehouse here in the bay area where volunteers are preparing to ship thousands of donated items that could be key to containing the deadly ebola virus in west africa. Reporter Christie Smith will have that story coming up in 20 minutes. Can giants playoff fever get any better . Were about to find out. after an exciting fourgame win over the Washington Nationals in the divisional series, st. Louis for the start of the National League championship series. Game one against the cardinals gets under way at 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Amy gutierrez is in st. Louis and spoke to players on both sides. Fans excited about the nlcs 2014 because its a rematch between these two clubs from 2012. Skipper mike matheny of cardinals say they have not forgotten watching the giants celebrate on the field in 2012 but both clubs approaching it the same way, one game at a time. Weve got a chance to try to beat the giants. But we know that they got a good team over there. I feel that theyre coming out to get revenge on us . No. If you look at their roster, its a different team. You know, although its a bunch of the same core guys. A lot like ourselves. Were different teams. The motives i think are to win now. Both teams know each other well. Theres a lot of players from both from 2012. I think you learn from that. But, you know, its a different year, though. One reason for the success of both of these clubs, a strong return factor. The giants currently have 14 players that were also on their nlcs 2012 roster, and the cardinals have 10. Reporting from unusual stadium, Amy Gutierrez for nbc bay area. Cant get enough of the orange and black . Go to nbcbayarea. Com. Click on giants fan photos on the top right. See a slide show there, a lot of really greatlooking giants fans. Wed like to see your team spirit. Send photos at isee nbcbayarea. Com. Still ahead, overexposed. A new report on the flasher on the peninsula. And priceless art left to rot. The millions in cityowned treasures that appear to have been forgotten in the north bay. What is the right choice . A controversial sale of several bay area hospitals. Employees say they will fight to block it. Local Health Care Unions are gearing up to block the sale of four area hospitals to a controversy buyer . Oconnor hospital is a key part of this deal along with facilities in gilroy, daly city, moss beach, and los angeles. The buyer is prime health care which owns hospitals in california and eight other states. Primes track record of acquiring hospitals in california is poor. They have a record of Cutting Services after they buy hospitals, reducing staff, and generally just lowering the quality of care that they extend to the community. Theres usually going to be some layoffs in the beginning when were doing this. But then within a year we normally have more clinical jobs in our hospitals, maybe less administrative. Union members say theyll lobby state attorney general Kamala Harris to block that sale. Heightened concerns on the peninsula. Four separate cases of flashers this week. Police released this sketch this afternoon of a man thought to be behind the most two recent cases. The latest happened this morning in belmont outside a coffee shop on el camino real. Police say the man was driving a white bmw. The description matches a flashing case yesterday that involved a woman on her bike in palo alto. Those two cases followed two cases on monday and tuesday in palo alto targeting young girls. On wednesday Police Released the sketch on the right to those cases. Police say the vehicle descriptions in the two most recent cases do not match the descriptions from earlier this week. Jeff ranieris seen fair and hes seen rain and theyre both in the forecast. I know. So many extremes coming towards the bay area throughout the next five to seven days. How beautiful it is right now, check out our belvedere sky cam did from our Weather Underground partners. San francisco, highlevel cirrus clouds. Then i know its hard to see but look towards the center of the screen, that area of gray there, thats actually the fog layer thats moving in across San Francisco for tonight. So if you are headed to the city, also expect areas of drizzle and obviously some much colder temperatures. Right now in San Francisco your average is 62 degrees. So in no time were dropping into the 50s. You can see the fog storm thats happening from the east bay looking back toward the city. A beautiful sunset throughout the peninsula and 65 degrees. So lets take you into tomorrows forecast and a much advertised warming trend is going to be coming our way. Saturday will be the more comfortable day. You can see here, were going to get hotter in the trivalley with 90 degrees. 87 for your average in the north bay and sunny skies. Back towards the south bay, 85. The thing to notice, San Francisco will be popping up to 74 tomorrow. So its the start of some of this warmer weather. You can see in our weather trend as we head throughout this weekend, zone in on sundays forecast. Thats going to be the hottest over the three days. By tuesday, temperatures will drop into the 70s for the south bay. For the peninsula 89 by sunday. 74 by tuesday. Hot and then cooler. You can see San Francisco expecting 80s throughout the back half of the weekend. Then 60s possible by tuesday. And a chance of showers there. Well get you to the north bay, east shore, and trivalley. Also dramatic differences here for the trivalley from 95 on sunday down to 80 expected by tuesdays forecast. As mentioned with that hotter weather this weekend, there is a red flag fire warning in effect for the hills above 1,000 feet. As far as our typhoon goes, the vest on vongfong, winds at 125 miles per hour. Okinawa is going to get slammed by this storm system the next 24 hours. Likely a category 3 system. But this is going to be continuing across japan all the way into monday. Travel from the immediate through monday, youre going to have some travel impacts from this storm system. Well track our own chances of rain coming up in about 20 minutes. A story youll see only on nbc bay area, vallejos forgotten art. Sculptures and monuments that should be admired, simply tossed aside to rot away. Jodi hernandez is live with exclusive details on what some are calling the citys lost treasures. Reporter many of vallejos downtown sculptures have disappeared. In fact, this large redwood sculpture you see behind me is one of the few large pieces erected in the 60s that is Still Standing. But take a look at what the city has bolted to the front of it. Tonight, art lovers say the way the city has treated many of its sculptures is shameful. Abandonment is what came to mind. Abandonment was the first thing that crossed my mind. Reporter they are pieces of art that used to grace vallejos downtown. July tours sitting inside wooden crates and a lot on mare island, withering away, for the most part forgotten. Most of these are oneofakind commissioned pieces youll find nowhere else in the world, only here. Those we can find. Reporter the pieces were premoved from town plaza in 2002 during downtown redevelopment.