in today. those are areas seeing 90s, so that is a big change from yesterday, all valleys into the 90s, 70s and 80s bayside today. so warm up as we wrap up the weekend and could we see an increase in humidity and shower chances to start the week? we have a weakening tropical storm off the coast of baja, that moisture is headed towards the bay area. we ll let you know the impact on temperatures and the humidity factor that could see a big change earlier in the week. we ll have that coming up in 15 minutes. looking forward to it. we begin with a developing story out of san francisco. a police officer and a burglary suspect are still recovering this morning after a squad car hit both of them during a chase in japantown. the crash happened around 5:20 last night. sfpd says plain clothed police officers were on foot chasing two burglary suspects near geary boulevard and webster street. officers called in backup. the backup officer was driving but didn t slow down in time. his
financier and friend to the rich and powerful jeffrey epstein killed himself in his manhattan jail cell saturday morning. epstein was a convicted sex offender being held on federal child sex trafficking charges after being arrested last month. his indictment alleged epstein recruited girls as young as 14 for sex. epstein s death comes just a couple of weeks after he was discovered injured in his sell cell, put on suicide watch after that. but sources tell nbc news he was not on suicide watch at the time of his apparent hanging saturday morning. it s unclear why. now, two federal agencies are investigating. it s hard to understand how this could have happened. attorney general william barr said he was appalled to hear of the death and snorp ben sas said heads must role after the justice department failed to keep epstein safe until trial. also outraged epstein s accusers. he brought me up to the upstairs room which had the epsn of raping her at 15. she said in a statement
el paso mourning the bay area also continues to mourn the lives lost in the gilroy garlic festival shooting. the 13-year-old was one of tree people killed sunday. kayla would have turned 14 tomorrow. tonight s vigil will take place at the latino prep college academy in san jose. starting at 6:30 tonight. more officers and surveillance in the wake of gilroy shooting. fremont beefed up security for the free outdoor festival. the festival of the arts draws nearly 400,000 people. police are bringing in undercover officers, steel barricades, a surveillance tower and more. festival goers say the extra security helps them relax and have a good time. you don t have to worry about the back because there are so many looking out for you. they even have a tower, a tower looking out. so i m sure on a moment s notice they can take care of any emergency. the event organizers will be connected collecting donations for the victims of the gilroy shooting including the honey ladies
president reads in part chief scott overstau and ordered the investigation and raid of journalist s home and then when the optics did not go his way he threw theing out his order under a double decker bus. a team of officers with a warrant and sledge hammer searched and collected evidence from the journalist s home two weeks ago in a connection to the department effort to figure out who leaked the confidential report on report on jeff adachi. brian carmody says he was given the report by a confidential police source. he has not revealed the source. nbc bay area news has a longstanding relationship with carmody process. we bought video related to the story including the police report. during a graduation ceremony last night when asked about california s shield law which is designed to protect journalists forces. chief scott says the department made mistakes. we have some serious concerns about we may have violated the shield law absolutely. we have to dig into everything
at the russian river today. beaches along the river are closed because of dangerous conditions in the water. nbc bay area kristy smith shows us the problems that it caused for visitors and the businesses in the area. ted schroeder is having of an unusually quiet memorial day weekend. he runs the burke s pennsylvania o canoe trips in this area. the campground is empty and the trips and adventures cancelled on the river. two or three feet usually. the down in guerneville the canoes and kayaks and smes let pon johnsons expect to open up next woke but the visitors are surprised. these friends were planning a retirement party that includes inner tubes. a little fast and high and dirty. hoping it cleans out. s in an area recovering from damage of floods in february but in the pizza. we were slammed. we are dlifrpg to airbnb and the vacation homes. kristy smith barnsz. a dramatic chase across the bay bridge after a deadly shooting in frist. the killing happened in