I guess were getting there. Youll be able to see the full sun today because it will be all bright and clear, except for along the coastline where well see clouds hanging out. That will also help cool us down. Its 55 degrees as you head out the door in the south bay. 53 in the peninsula and trivalley. After this cool start, we will also see some of the low clouds along the coast clearing out, and it will be about 10 degrees cooler in. How about that . 73 degrees in the peninsula and south bay. Trivalley, 75 degrees. 62 degrees in San Francisco. As we go into the next several days, more cool weather on the way. Ill talk about that in about seven minutes. Mike takes us back to the crash on the east shore freeway. Involving a big rig which is on the shoulder. Its at least a distraction, but no lanes are blocked there. Well show you where that is. No major issues for most of the bay commute. Light build right now, the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. Is the slowest drive, richmond past the crash, getting down to el cerrito, youll see slowing for the distraction, and the merge by golden gate field. Meanwhile, the rest of the bay does move well. We still have disabled big rig over there, east highway 4, but no major concerns. And no major delays getting over to the trivalley and to the east bay. Looking pretty good. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Breaking news now to get to. This happened overnight. A series of car fires in two east bay cities just minutes away from each other. Now, firefighters are investigating. Both fires were reported between midnight and 1 00 this morning. One in walnut creek, the second in lafayette. Today in the bays bob redell joining us live from the scene of the walnut creek fire. These arent the only car fires reported this week in Contra Costa County. These are the second and third this week alone. Good morning to you, sam and laura. You can see whats left of the van that was parked in the driveway of this home on leroy lane in walnut creek. It caught fire a little before 12 30 this morning. The Fire Department was able to put it out before it spread to the house. We did speak with a spokesperson for the Contra Costa CountyFire Protection district. He tells us its too early to tell if this car fire was intentionally set or related to another car fire that started 15 minutes later in front of another home just over two miles away. The second car, as you can see in the video, was a large white suv parked in the driveway of a house on padre street in lafayette. Firefighters again stopped that fire from damaging the home. In both instances overnight, an arson investigator was called out to investigate. Its not clear if these fires are related to another car fire from earlier this week. This is video of a vehicle that burned a few feet away from a home near Holiday Highlands Park in martinez just before 4 00 early monday morning. An arson investigator also looked into that incident. Again, not clear if that car was intentionally set. We have three car fires in Contra Costa County in a period of roughly 72 hours this week. Again, the Fire Department is not saying, a, that theyre related, and b, that they are arson. Ing live here in walnut creek, bob redell, today in the bay. One well follow. Thank you very much. Its 6 0 right now, and a warning to watchers this morning. Three separate muggings yesterday on b. A. R. T. Two in oakland, the other in hayward. The attackers got away with valuables, but no one was seriously hurt. In one case, the station agent got up to the thief and they were able to retrieve a stolen iphone before the thief took off. Authorities are trying to piece together what started a brawl on a Southwest Airlines flight headed to oakland. Stop it complete chaos again. Cell phone video here showing you the men that were throwing punches and the women trying to break it up. This happened sunday afternoon on a flight dallas to oakland by way of burbank. A retired bay area firefighter happened to be on the flight. He helped to stop the fight. Daniel green of santa clara says it started when the plane was still taxiing after touchdown. The victim did nothing. He was just getting ready to disembark. The guy who started it, i guess, according to the victim, said this guy just started going crazy on me. Burbank Police Arrested one of the men involved in the fight. crediting their employees for their quick responses. Happening today, attorneys in the sierra lamar murder case will meet as they get ready for Antolin Garcia torres to be sentenced for kidnapping and murder. Today in the bays kris sanchez witnessed it all and joins us live outside the hall of justice with the next steps for Garcia Torres and his defense team. Good morning, kris. Good morning to you, laura. We know the jury will reconvene at the hall of justice next tuesday. But today, Antolin Garcia torress lawyer along with the lawyer from the District Attorneys Office will gather less than a day after Antolin Garcia torres was convicted of killing and kidnapping sierra lamar and trying to kidnap three other women. We also talked with the families as they were walking out of the courthouse yesterday, less than an hour after the guilty verdicts came down. Sierra lamars mother marlene did not want to talk about whether Garcia Torres should get the Death Penalty, but it is one option. The lead prosecutor told us he would not comment out of respect for the process. But the nbc bay area legal analyst who himself has been in that same position before, explained that the Death Penalty offers a powerful bargaining chip that could be cashed in to find sierra lamars body. That process requires respecting the jurys decision and to be free from any interference, there can be no further comments from this office about what comes next. Mr. Garcia torres, show us that you still have some decency left inside of you. Give these parents some closure. Tell us where sierra lamar is, and well take the Death Penalty off the table. Garcia torres attorneys did not stop to speak with us outside the courthouse yesterday. We can also say johnson explained yesterday that the Death Penalty is different from the trial. He said the trial is really all about the crime and the evidence. And the penalty phase is all about Antolin Garcia torres, the man, and theyll try to establish some shred of decency to have his life spared by the jury. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. One well continue to follow. Thank you very much. And of course, our coverage continues online alt nbcbayarea. Com. Just click on the top story box. You can see a timeline of the sierra lamar case and hear more of what her family had to say after that verdict was read. Were coming up on 6 08, and a cloudy start around the coastline. A live look outside at half moon. If you are planning to go hiking along the peninsula today, expect the fog and mist at 7 00 this morning as our temperatures will be in the low 50. It only warms up slowly with some clearing, peeks of sunshine at 10 00, and it will be a cooler day. 59 degrees at 2 00 with breezy winds. Well struggle to make it out of the 50s the coast, but if youre planning to head to the coliseum to watch the today in the early afternoon game, all bright sunshine and temperatures today reaching the mid 60s. Coming up in three minutes, ill have a look at the temperature trend for los gatos. Right now, mike is tracking a couple crashes around the bay. The one were focusing on because its the biggest distraction so we see slowing despite the light traffic around the bay, up here in the east bay. The east shore freeway around el cerri cerrito. We see a slower drive developing farther back, out san pablo, past potrero avenue where the big rig is on the shoulder. A distraction, but not a lot of slowing heading past the golden gate field area. A typical pattern to the bay bridge where the metering lights are on. You can ride the mass transit systems and none are reporting delays. 6 09 right now. Trying to prevent drunk driving in california. In three minutes, the Reason Police across the state are having a hard time cracking down on drivers, especially since recreational pot was legalized. And a new report showing how much hightech Companies Pay their interns will depress you, unless of course youre an intern. Its 6 12. Look at the sunrise over the south bay and a few clouds rolling over the hills. Beautiful start to this wednesday morning. And the temperature trend for los gatos will be in the low 70s today as we start out in the upper 50s. Quickly warms up, and well be right at about average for this time of year, but some cooler air and some gusty winds in the forecast. More of that coming up in six minutes. And a smooth flow of traffic across san rafael bridge. Watching for slowing because there is a report of a bunch of debris. Well get more information from chp. Thank you, mike, kari. 6 12 right now. Happening today, police are demonstrating how theyre conducting roadside drug driving tests. Police across the state scrambling to try to keep up after voters approved legal Recreational Marijuana in november. Police officers are increasing training to spot drug impaired drivers and some agencies are even using saliva tests. Its a difficult test because theres no set level of intoxication for drugs and drugs affect everybody differently. New this morning, new tests show how added protection on the side of big rig trucks may save lives in tbone collisions. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested two systems. The first shows what happened when a car going 35 strikes the side of a truck equipped with just the fiberglass deflector. The truck in the second crash is protected with a side under ride protection device. In that case, the car bounces off the uc. There are no protections requiring side under ride trucks. A fine for a man who dumped baby rucroons at a park. Wildlife Emergency Services say a man dumped five newborn raccoons from a trap. They found the raccoons and sent them back to the spca in monterey. Amazon dropped its Free Shipping minimum order back from 25 to 35 set in february. Reports say the move happened some time last week. Amazon appears to be trying to counter lower Free Shipping offers by target and walmart. Com, which dropped its minimum order to 35 in january. Making more noise on the amazon front here, unveiling its new echo with video screen. Scott mcgrew, clever strategy. It makes video calls. If you buy one, you really have to buy for the person on the other end, right . You want to make video calls to your mom, shes going to need one, too. That means amazon is able to spread its echo device all over. The Company Already claims 70 market share with its voice assistance. Its on sale now. It delivers in june. Well, it went from the russian issue as a distraction to the russian issue as center ring in a circus. Investors have to think about that. Those are also corporate earnings to think about as well. Futures call for a muted opening. Nasdaq hid a new record on tuesday. The jobs website glass door has put together a list of the best place to be a summer intern, and of course, Tech Companies top that list. You get free housing in many cases, food while youre at work, and you know what. The pay is not so bad. According to glass door, facebook pays its interns 8,000 a month. I went ahead and did the math for you. Thats the equivalent of 96,000 a year. Microsoft, 7,100. Salesforce, 6,450. Amazon and apple tie for fourth. Ie dont know how those kids are getting by. We were talking earlier, i tell you right now, my first job in television, full time as a reporter in a small town in macon, was 12,500 a year. Mine was 13,900. I was a little over 20, which means in a month and a half, big spender over here, in a month and a half, a facebook intern made what you made in an entire year the first year in the business. And we didnt get paid for an internship. And we liked it. And it served you well, clearly. Up to 15,000 now, thank you very much. 6 16. Could the 2024 olympics be in the city of angels. The Olympic Evaluation Commission will be visiting los angeles for the next couple days, inspecting it for hosting credentials. The ioc president will give guidance in july on whether l. A. Is worthy of hosting the 2024 olympic games. L. A. s stiffest competition right now is in paris. You know, l. A. Hosted the games when we were kids. You know, it was very cool. It would be nice because you have the venues in california. To be able to go down there, it would be cool. Were checking out a nice day, although considerably cooler. Its going to drop at least ten degrees today compared to yesterday. Still bright and sunny overall, a gorgeous day, and back to average temperatures for spring. Heres a live look outside at sunol as we get ready to head out the door. Its 53 degrees. And look at that sunrise. Its 53 degrees in livermore. 55 in san jose, and 54 now in palo alto. Highs this afternoon for the inland valley and the south bay reaching 74 in los gatos, and morgan hill, 73. Lets move over to the east bay. Livermore, 74. Also, 74 in dan. And for the peninsula, half moon bay, 57, while san mateo is at 65, and 60 on the embarcadero today. In the north bay, 63 in napa. As you get up and about to get the kids ready for school, it is a cool morning. We start out in the mid 50s for most, but then as we get mostly clear skies, temperatures will be warming up at recess. Theyll enjoy their time outside. It will be a comfortable and sunny afternoon. As you get ready to head home from school, driving, and also as we track the weather system, there may be a slight chance of rain for the north bay in the forecast for tomorrow. We see the spin and the swirl of the clouds with this low pressure system as it moves closer to the bay area, well all feel the winds picking up and it will be a gusty day on thursday and friday. As far as the clouds, well see them hanging just near the coastline throughout the day, and some slight rain chances moving in by tomorrow afternoon. We dont see a lot of it, though. Its near the northern Sonoma County area, and there may be some in the coastal marin county area as well. But then the rest of the bay will see an increase in cloud cover throughout the afternoon. And it all stays dry. Looking at some breezy winds for San Francisco for today. Tomorrow as well as friday. For the weekend, highs in the lower 60s. You can go ahead and make plans to get outside. It will be all dry, but also fairly cool. And well go from the mid 70s inland today to the upper 60s in time for the weekend. And we keep those 60s through next week. As we head over to mike now, theres a problem crossing the bay. Thats right. That means im talking about one of your bridges on this map. Youre seeing the dumbarton and smito bridge pick up. We have a disabled vehicle near the Castro Valley y, but not a problem for the freeway now. Were looking at this, the richmond to san rafael bridge. Reports of debris. Sounds like a bunch of stuff off the back of a truck, a couple plastic pool shelves and other debris in the lanes. Be careful coming off the east shore freeway. Even though our sensors dont show slowing, waze might give us an alternate if youre driving from berkeley to San Francisco. Still, waze says thats the best route by ten minutes because going dow to the east shore freeway and back up at the bay bridge takes you ten minutes longer right now. Track that on your phone from your iphone, android. You can get the waze app. When you install it, select our team by clicking on your profile and selecting nbc bay area wazers. If youre not installing it because you already have it, make sure youre on our team. Back to you. Rr be packing attention on that. Thank you, mike. You may want to on boosting your credit score. The impact it could have on your next relationship. Interesting. First, a little know law that can save consumers big bucks. Chris chmura is here to bring one of those into focus. Heres a federal frekz for contact wearers that few know about. You dont have to buy your lenses in the same office that gives you the exam. The federal trade commission requires the doctors to give you your prescription so you can take it other places to shop around for the best price. Send us your consumer questions. 888996tips or online at nbcbayarea. Com responds. Welcome back. Heres something we were having a chat about during the break. Paying your bills. Maybe put it on your dating profile. Credit scores can have an impact on roic interest. That comes courtesy of a new Study Released today. 42 of americans say knowing somebodys credit score would have an impact on their interest in dating that person. Women were found to be nearly three times as likely as men are to consider a credit score to be kind of a major influence in making that decision. As for when to divulge your personal finances to a potential suiter, the majority of those surveyed were mixed between dating a few months and once a couple is actually engaged. I am for transparency. Maybe roll it out on the first date, what do you think . Really . If its a good score. Thats a bit much. Just in time formotors day, retailers warning about the mother of all scams, offering sweet deals that dont exist. The digital coupons pop up on sites like facebook, offering up to 50 off on stores like bed, bath, and beyond and lowes. To get the phony deals, you have to input your information, and that often includes credit card numbers. Its identity theft. If youre giving your banking information to a hacker, to a scammer, youre talking about getting your bank account cleared out. Some retailers are now working with facebook to