both not strong for bay area standards. but the reason why we all felt this earthquake across parts of the peninsula is the fact that it is 2.9 miles deep. that s extremely shallow. so a lot of the energy from the earthquake was able to spread out a lot further with this smaller earthquake. now, again, as we mentioned, it s right on the san andreas fault, which always brings us some concern here in the bay area there is a 21% chance of a 6.7 quake over the next 30 years. so any time the san andreas starts to shake, it starts to get us concerned. so this, again, may seem like it s overdoing it. but when there is an earthquake, you should always be prepared. remember, drop, cover, and hold. have a plan for your family, a place to meet, and why pay all the attention to the smaller earthquakes, even at 2.9 magnitude? they may be a foreshock to something much larger. we re tracking the quakes all across california, and we ll let you me if anything larger happens. thank you very
traveling with you? this as a third american is being treated for the dangerous virus. breaking overnight. massive security breach. if you re one of the tens of millions of home depot customers, your private information may have been hacked. an investigation into what could have been a larger breach than the one at target. and get out of my cloud. apple defends itself saying their system isn t to blame. over the massive theft of celebrity photos. today, wednesday, september 3rd, 2014. announcer: from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to a special edition of today on this wednesday morning. i m natalie morales with willie geist, al roker, and tamron hall. matt is at emory university in atlanta where they have done heroes work there to help with the patients infected with the ebola virus. natalie, you are so right. willie, al and tamron, good morning. this is where those two american
american journalist. allen martin reports the terrorist group released new video that s been authenticated by u.s. officials. reporter: the video entitled a second message to america, is a grim replay of last month s murder of american reporter james foley. this time, it s another u.s. journalist, steven sotloff, who, like foley, is shown kneeling in an orange prison jumpsuit at a spot in syria. once again a masked man with a knife speaking in a british accent explains sotloff is being killed for ongoing american air strikes against isis. [ indiscernible ] reporter: just before his purported beheading sotloff recites clearly scripted propaganda asking why he has to pay the price. i was terror stricken when i saw it. but that face, it was like the minute i saw his face, i went back to my childhood. i saw that same face that i remember and and then when i saw his name, and i knew it had to be him. and i was devastated. reporter: a spokesman for the family would say th
starting to see a little slowing now out of tracy. you can it between 11th and mountain house but remains sluggish through the altamont pass. but the drive time is still clear, still 15 minutes between there and the dublin interchange. bay bridge, similar story. you can see it s cleared out even in the far left cash lanes so really no big problems now heading into san francisco. you may still hit some overnight roadwork eastbound 580 approaching castro. traffic is down to just one lane overnight. westbound 580, though, clear since we have been on the air at 4:30. and mass transit, so far no issues at all. bart systemwide no delays. golden gate ferries, caltrain and ace also very quiet. there s a wrap for kcbs traffic. back to you guys. thank you. 5:01. the u.s. intelligence community says a new video showing the beheading of another american hostage by the terror group isis is authentic. president obama is now in europe talking with allies about ways to defeat the islam
from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. and pagan gets hit so that is how this game gets started. good morning, everyone. i m frank mallicoat. i m michelle griego. time now is 6:00. and we re going back to our breaking news in san jose. kiet do is on the scene of a fire that apparently started with an explosion this morning. kiet. reporter: good morning. some terrifying moments for some rest didn t out here on the alameda just off of 880. this yellow building that you re looking at is a law office and this is where this whole thing happened about an hour ago. they heard what sounded like an explosion or gunfire. we have cell phone video of a gas meter explosion rupture. the neighbors ran out to the balcony shot some cell phone footage of this. they said it was shooting 10 to 15 feet in the air, called 911. when the firefighters got here they said it looked like a ball of fire. they were able to turn the gas off