the morning rush is about to start... with drivers hitting the roads heading to work.. we're monitoring what good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, novemberer 8th. i'm michelle griego. >> kenny is off this morning. and take a look at the sparkling bay bridge. there is that fog. it's amazing how the fog affects our temperatures. yes, it does. not too comfortable to spend too much time outdoors. you can see it hovering just over the very tops of the bay bridge. you can see the bridge itself,

so it's not too bad. yes, the morning fog is bag again. smoky across the bay area. going to be the smokeiest today. visibility down to 2 miles, not bad at sfo. in the north bay, that fog is definitely settling in. there is barely a breeze there. temperaturewise in santa rosa, cool. look at the wind speed, overall. worse wind direction, that's right going to protect some of the coastal communities from a lot of that smoke. because it's calmer, the smoke will settle in a little. >> you mentioned the fog. chp has issued an advisory for drivers headed over the bay

bridge and the golden gate bridge. you may see some flashing lights but nothing to talk about here. this is near sir francis drake boulevard, due to some downed power lines. crews expect to be out there until 6:00 a.m. that is the check of traffic. back over to you. long wait times at dmv offices will be the key focus today. jackie ward joins us live with the latest on all the finger point can. >> reporter: michele, the head of the dmv says that average time is only 23 myths but a lot of people are not buying that. they want the problem fixed

now. people across california wait six toseen at the dmv, partially because of the requirement to get the new ids. the head of the dmv made a bold request. we would ask to have additional budget authority up to 26 million to allow us to hire more staff which should help to further alleviate the wait time. that did not go well over with some lawmakers, including the bay area congressman. he says that he wants an audit to audit what he calls

mismanagement by the dmv. that's why lawmakers are hesitant to add more money. >> director wants to take 200 worker, state workers from other agencies and bring them into dmv offices. they want to add self-checking kiosk and maybe a text notification system so people don't have to hang around the parking lot or inside the building. back to you. >> we all know the pains of waiting in line at the dmv so hopefully something works. we'll see. >> that's right. the largest fire in castle history is still churning around it's putting our air quality at risk. >> some of the evacuations have been lifted. that happened yesterday which allows hundreds of people to return home. let's take a look at where that massive fire is burning right

now. because the acreage is stunning. the end sino complex is actual -- mendocino complex is actually two. scoring 450 square miles to the north and west of the city. it's nearly the size of the city of los angeles. it's now 34% contained. less destructive than other areas the state because it's burning in less populated areas. climate change has been a contributing factor. >> we have about 14,000 personnel statewide fighting fires throughout california. it's still early. we are getting that hot weather. you know, the red flag warnings come up here and. there we are not hot, dry, relative low humidity conditions where it just burns really hot around fast. >> the battle is on the ground

and in the air. helicopters anonter and dropping it over the flames. firefighters expect this to burn until the end of the month. >> here are the evacuations lifted yesterday. south of highway 20, north of state highway 175 and east of the lake mendocino county line. a lot of those folks have been out of their homes for about a week, week and a half. smoke as neda has talked about is already reaching the area. bay area district has issued that alert. cal fire and u.s. forrestry service are holding a virtual

community meeting to answer some questions. in southern california, firefighters are battling high temperatures and wind to get the holy fire under control. a fire nado was seen spinning across the national wildlife forest. at least one cabin has dee dee void. smoke is sending plume and ash on to the nearby city of corona. and at the state capitol today, lawmakers will hear testimony from survivors of alleged sexual misconduct at the hands of a former gynecologist. the university's president has resigned amid the sex scandal

abuse involving tindall. he agreed yesterday to step down immediately. however, he will become a president emeritus and a lifetime trustee. he came under fire after allegations that he ignored complaints from several women who, over the years, complained that tindal touched them inappropriately. five states held special primaries. we look at the ohio. >> the special election race between republican troy balderson and democrat denny o'connor is too close to call. balder son leads by fewer than 2000 votes but more than 8000 provisional and absentee ballots has to be recounted which could trigger a recount. that didn't stop balder son vic

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aware of the loss that took the life of nia wilson. >> reporter: the young woman brutally murdered at b.a.r.t. station on july 22nd. her family, her father and brother also injured in the attack, were sitting courtside, somehow, mustering smiles. they get a standing ovation. >> reporter: nia's family said he met with steph briefly before the game. >> please, donate, all proceeds, 100% will if to the nia wilson family. >> and he came here to see the future of basketball ball, coached by their favorite

player. he makes us feel like he really cares. >> people need to know that she mattered, she really mattered. for him to do this, i love him even more. >> reporter: donations reached $21,000, all of which will go to nia wilson's family. in san francisco, christine ayrers. and california's battle against the federal clean air deregulation is underway. the move could split the u.s. ought grow market in two forcing companies to make different cars for different states. the e.p.a. says that it is hoping to reach a compromise to keep that from happening. and if you think your commute is rough, in worcester, massachusetts, a 24-inch

underground pipe alongside interstate 80 burst. several vehicles were stuck. some people had some low water. >> i hope that guy on the top of his truck is okay. that is scary. >> we have a look at the traffic. >> we are tracking a little bit of this and a little bit of that. we are seeing some brake light. tracy triangle, westbound 205, you can see the brakes lights, just a solid line of red. that will take you about 35 minutes, making your way from i- 5 towards i-80. and then the ride continues to be very slow. we are tracking under a 30 minutes ride from the pleasanton, dublin interchange. no accident to be talking about, but we are still slow. heads up for drivers head through that stretch. we are also seeing a few brake light on southbound 680, nothing to write home about as

you make your way towards 84. it's past there that you will start to see those brake lights. >> heading to the south way, we are a-okay. speeds in the green on all the south bay measures. let's get a check on the forecast with neda. >> san jose, you will be in thing a little bit more raise in the sky today. all across the bay area, we are going to be dealing with smoky conditions. right now, temperatures, 60 degrees in concord, 56 in oakland. so if you want to get your exercise it, better do it i willy in the morning. petaluma, a little breeze. no clouds in sight over places

like sacramento and san joaquin valley. what they have is smoke in their skies. here is a look at our air quality working its way down into the bay area. moderate to unhealthy east bay. santa clara noticing some of the forecast models they are showing north of golden gate bridge. here is a look at the speed this hour. worse wind sfo at 7 miles per hour. it's calmed down a little with it. east of livermore, you may notice a breeze and right around fair field between value yo and fair field. getting windy pretty much in the morning. right now, calm through the north bay. that's why the air quality will not be so good. we'll get a boost of the wind tomorrow. tomorrow will be a little bit stronger because the low will get closer and when that happen, the wind streamlines will get low as well. because it's very light today,

unfortunately, we'll all be dealing with smoky conditions. temperature wise will feel pretty comfortable. a little above average for concord. 93 for that afternoon high there. 85 in campbell. 80 in mallippatta. cooler than yesterday because that smoke will prevent the sun from heating up too much. still hot in lake county. upper 90s today. wind gusts 25 to 35 miles per hours, very low. this include lake county, of course, areas where the minute sino -- mendocino fires. thursday through saturday, you can see temperature l-on the rise through saturday before they drop again on monday, tuesday and wednesday. that's a look at the forecast.

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handle on that fire that shut down yosemite. for some, it can't come soon enough. and the several fires burning across northern california will start impacting our air quality. we'll tell you why. and a couple of incidents on the highways could slow you down. good morning, everyone. it's a wednesday, august 8th. i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm melissa caen in for kenny. california lawmakers are trying to get into the bottom of a problem at the dmv. >> now is the time to get in line at the dmv or the in and out across the street for that matter. the dmv has spent $60 million,

but the lines remain longer. that's why lawmakers questioned jean shiomoto. >> she says that the wait time is only 36 minute. >> an audit will ask you to devote and disclose and report. so to suggest that an audit in order to dig deep down into what you are doing by a competent auditor who has lots of history in finding areas of problem and helping us solve them is, in your judgment, a problem because you can't deliver the basic information that a department director ought to immediately have at your disposal? >> the dmv director says she

wants to extend saturday office hours and self-check-in kiosk and redirect other workers to work at the dmv, but all of that costs more money. that's why she is asking the state for $26 million. the ferguson fire is finally winding down. evacuation orders have been lifted as of this morning. yosemite valley remains closed indefinitely and some businesses in that area that relies on tourists say they are struggling. i'm going to lose about 28% or more of my annual out of this. >> i was worried about when it is all over, will that be a landscape or will that be a forest. >> the ferguson burned about three times the size of san francisco since it broke out and month ago.

that fire is 43% contained right now. the biggest wildfire in state history, that mendocino complex fire. >> it surpassed last year's thomas fire. let's take a look at the map where that fire is burning. you can take a grasp of the size there. two are merging, the river have scorched 255 square smiles. it's nearly the size of the city of los angeles. the fire is now 34% contained. firefighters as far away as australia have helped it. it has destroyed 75 homes so far but less disruptive to

property than other areas. officials say it still threatens more than 10,000 buildings and new evacuations have been ordered. >> a lot of what you can see is the helicopters. they are using a lot of helicopters and aircraft to go up there and put out the hot spots, the really hot areas and dropping down retardant lines to slow the fire down. >> clear lake being in the middle of the fires has been helpful. firefighters have been filling up their chores there as they try to hold the line. they expect this fire to burn will in the end of the month. the evacuations that were lifted yesterday, those west of state highway 29 south of highway 20, north of 175 and east of the lake mendocino county lane. again, those people have

preponderance out of their homes for more than a week and a half at this point. some of the smoke reached the bay area. the bay area air quality mapping. district issued that alert. and caltrans is hosting a virtual community meeting at 6:00, broadcasting that live. a lot of people will be tuning in. such disruption that school was supposed to start today but that's being held off for two weeks in lake county. >> really affecting so many people's lives. are we hearing anything from the federal government on those fires. >> president trump said a lot about what he is doing. he says that his administration is monitoring the fires, holding meetings in the future to try to mitigate the danger in california. and he had a lot of praise for the firefighters here.

let's turn over to neda. it is a spare the air day today. >> yep. >> not healthy out there. no the smoke will star settle lower to ground level. you may notice it in the lungs or eyes. if you do need to go out this morning, do it early. the marine layer is sitting right above the bay bridge and golden gate bridge. you notice the are haze heating up. temperatures will continue to rise. the smoke will prevent the sun from heating things too much. here is a look at the current air quality. this one just updated and you can see areas where it is unhealthy. where it's red. not rat where it's yellow. the deliver of green is where your safe for the early morning hours. that's bec whaan onshore breeze and that's going to change. here is a close are look at the

area. quality in the forecast. so areas where it's going to be unhealthy include the east bay, santa clara valley. that's why you want to limit your times outdoor. >> we are taking it down to the south bay. gilroy, at 101, you will start to tap the brakes. we are starting to see delays along 152. heading into morgan hill, 8 minutes from tenant and cook rain. in the yellow now. northbound 101 right at story. we are busy along that stretch around this tie of the morning. things continue to be slow

until you get past 680, 280. back over to you. lake tahoe is being hit with a double whammy according to a u c davis report. the lake's clarity dropped to an average depth of 59 feet in 2017. that number normally ranges between 70 and 80 feet. the lake's crisp water reached a water temperature of more than 68 degrees. there are two reasons for the changes. the record high precipitation and the end of a five-year drought. aclu have filed a lawsuit challenging the decision to strip asylum seekers -- in june, attorney general jeff sessions says that victims of domestic and gang violence will no longer qualify.

the lawsuit was filed on behalf of 12 families. >> more trouble for the pizza chain papa john's. and more from the world of wall street. morris earning more. the do you rallied 122 points. the nasdaq adding 23. and elon musk is considering taking his shares private. following the news, trading in teesla was stopped. papa john's' sales has now dropped. the company says-of-blames its former ceo. freddie mac is launching a

new program offering cheaper financing to owner who can't afford increases. the brady but much home has a new show and it was quite a bidding war. >> right? here is the story of a house named brady. the new owner of the brady bunch house is hgtv. last month, the home went on the market for the first time since 1973. handful of bid came in, including from lance bass but he was outbid. the final price has not been released. >> i'm with you michele on that. >> you didn't sing it.

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in just a few hours.. in san francisco.. jurors will begin deliberating in the case of chemical giant monsanto.. , bay in just a few hours in san francisco, jurors will begin deliberating in the case of chemical giant monsanto against a terminally ill grounds keeper. the verdict could open up a flood gate of lawsuits. >> they have nothing. lawyers on both sides came out swinging. >> i mean, there's defensive and there is completely bongers. >> this cancer was not caused by ranger probe. >> the attorney for the plaintiff even went so as to how to fill out the form. >> johnson is suing the mold

billion dollar corporation for -- suing the multi-billion dollars corporation for failure to warn him about the cancer. it would be nice to give them some idea why they are the unlucky ones. the truth is that you can't simply do that. >> you have to look at what the actual facts are. there's facts and there's arguments. the facts are what should lead you. >> reporter: from the beginning, the case has been over which science that the jurors should believe. one thing is clear. if the jury sides with johnson, thousands of other cancer patients are lined up hoping to

take on the corporate giant. >> when you return a verdict, we're going to make it right. and your verdict will be heard around the world. and monsanto will have to finally do something. >> suzy steinle. a bay area company is producing a cutting edge device called exo vest. this helps workers lift things. i adds about 15 pounds of sort when a person raises his arm. ford motor company is testing in 15 of its auto plant. mary lee checked it out as well. >> reporter: the average ford 'em moiey does this repetitive motion 46 -- employee does this

repetitive motion 400 times a day. i tried it out. >> market tgrow to $1.8 billion. exo skeleton. that's fun. >> we have things on the maps, pointing them out. would be nice. >> right. a lot goon in traffic. you will shall pointing out a lot? >> quite a bit. i don't have my robo arm but i'll attempt this. >> here is the bay bridge metering lights activated at 5:28 this morning. how quickly we saw that backup grow. making your way towards the maze. drive time, this can't shall right. in the green, 12 minutes? no. i think we need our sensors to catch up with us. give it some time, it will reach there. along the east shore freeway still looking good but we are

tracking a new accident along the peninsula, 101, heading bit delay. looks like thash e g looks like chp is arriving on e this accident right near story. it's still causing slowdowns, blocking one lane. do expect delays heading to the south bay. we have a traffic alert that remains in effect along highway 1. near sir francis drake. some downed power lines. right now, chp has reopened the northbound side so they are doing the one-way traffic control and they have not given us the time as to when all lanes will be reopened. so do expect delays along that stretch. that's the check with traffic. let's check in with neda now on

the forecast. >> thank you, jacklyn. looking visibilities are not too bad in places like san francisco but south of the golden gate bridge, pretty low, coastal clouin and hazy skies over a lot of the sacramento valley. a look at the visibility right now. half moon bay, typical stuff. san jose, nine miles. livermore, six miles visibility and only one mile through the north bay. slow going towards petaluma and santa rosa. temperatures slightly cooler this morning than yesterday. 53 in san francisco. i know the sun is not quite out yet but now is the chance to go outside and do any kind of running you may want to do. later on this afternoon, going to be too smoky, not good for

the lungs. slight imagery showing all of this, not smog but smoke and haze. it certainly will impact a lot of us throughout the bay area. like we said earlier, we are in the moderate to unhealthy range for the air quality today. spare the air alert in full effect. breezier, east of concert and east of value yo right there above the hill. we are not going to notice two strong of an onshore breeze, still there over all the worse king but will get stronger. temperatures will be on the rise because of this right here. the second half of the weekend, that low that is off the coast will bring our temperatures down. for today, going to be slightly cooler than yesterday because the smoke is going to prevent the sun from heating things up too much. san raphael, 84. mountain view, 75. good news that it will be

cooler burr not so good when it comes to the skies and the way they're going to look today. fire weather watch starts thursday evening. this is going to mainly impact the areas near the carr and mendocino complex fires. humidity will be very low in lake county. that does increase fire danger but a lot of bay area locations, you'll start to feel humidity increase. you will start to feel the south end in the south, because of hurricane john. it will move into a low pressure system by saturday. we'll get a surge of humidity coming up north into california. there is a chance we could feel the effects of hurricane john. rising, upper 90s, a few degrees drop on sunday, monday. tuesday of next week looking a little more comfortable. that's your forecast. >> time now is 5:50. we are hearing from the father

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pretty much along the coast and along the water. many areas around the bay area smoky. that include places like san francisco. so it's not just the east bay. moderate to unhealthy air quality in full effect. the air quality will be smoky throughouted weekend. approaching fort chicago highway a couple of cars and big rig got into it. a couple of lanes are blocked. 20 minute rise, likely to it go much slower. we'll continue to track this crash and more coming up. new information about the father of two from texas shot and killed on the bay bridge early monday morning. the victim, 31-year-old darryl stinnette, jr. was a hip hop

artist from dallas. texas. according to his father, he was managing another hip hop artist. they were going around the country, doing the show. he was on the way on the way back to the house where he was living at. that's when he got shot. >> reporter: that show was at a club called arlette. police arrested a person outside of the club for firing shots. hours later, someone drove alongside darryl stinnette, jr. a messing teenager from san ramon is safe. cusick was found yesterday. the remains of a young boy

has been found at a new mexico compound where 11 starving chin were rescued last week. all five adults on the compound are now facing charges of child abuse. the 11 dispute children found there are now in state custody. the sheriff of tyler county says there was no way for deputies to do a legal search of the compound until last week. authority are still waiting for the results of the autopsy. the adults arrested are accused of keeping the children in an underground trailer with virtually no food or water. lines at dmvs across the state are more horrible than usual but the state has given the department millions of dollars to fix that problem so what's happening? and the largest fire in atorco rn near lake county. coming up, the latest on the firefight from the front lines.

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now lawmakers are taking notice. 're watchin >> knew at 6:00, long lines, increasing wait times and frustration boiling over at dmvs across the state. a little makes are taking notice. we are watching a spectacular fire tornado down there right on the fire line. >> and flames whipping across the state. and the ballots are in. the close races across the country president trump's influence looms. it is wednesday, august 8th. i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm melissa caen in for kenny. first, let's get a start of traffic and weather this morning. jacklyn, how is it looking like? >> we're going to take you to the south bawherwe are seeing big lines for drivers heading on 101. a big crash near story has one lane blocked. traffic quickly backing up. now, we are getting reports of a second cr