closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc investigators in castro valley are trying to unravel a murder mystery. they found the body of a young man in a home on omega avenue last night. >> reporter: police did not expect to find a body. they were very surprised. the details are unusual. some neighbors say they don't think it adds up. they would like to hear more. deputies decided to do a probation check at this home last night, after they

received calls of criminal activity in this castro valley neighborhood. they couldn't believe what they found inside. >> when they entered the house there was a can't amount of -- a significant amount of blood. at that time they froze the house and later discovered the body. >> reporter: the spokesman isn't sure if anyone else was home or if deputies barged in when no one answered the door. they checked other parolees in the neighborhood as well. they did not specifically target this home. >> very unusual, yes we do probation searches frequently not often you find a bloody scene and then a body to go along with that >> reporter: investigators say they don't know the cause of death or the identity of the victim. they don't think the deceased is the person on probation who they were checking on. >> this case, we don't believe he was there. >> that's crazy.

why would you just pinpoint that house exactly? they've been -- [ inaudible ] you have kids, you want to know what is going on. >> reporter: neighbors say a woman and her two adult children live in the home. one neighbor spoke with the adult daughter and the ex-husband of the homeowner last night. >> they don't know who it is. they won't tell 'em anything. >> reporter: some who live here find the murder mystery in the middle of their block unnerving. >> i'm shocked. nervous. >> reporter: the coroner is doing an investigation to figure out how this man died and who he is. no arrests have been may. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. -- traffic is moving again slowly on the bay bridge this car fire caused back ups. [ unintelligible ] it happened on eastbound 80 at the s-curve on the lower deck.

firefighters put it quickly, nobody was hurt. you just saw president obama on the view the same day that a new poll finds mitt romney has a slight lead in women voters for the first time. katie marzullo joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning. president obama for his part, his camp is questioning the results of the poll saying the sample was biased. that being said, numbers show he might be losing favor among women and his support of same-sex marriage isn't helping. mostly women watch "the view" and president obama knows how to appeal to an audience. >> i like hanging out with women. >> reporter: women may be cooling a bit on the president. new poll showed likely mitt romney has a two point lead among female voters compared to april when the president led 49-43%. on the view, he considered announcing his new support of

same-sex marriage on the show. instead he told robin roberts last week. the president said he felt compelled to take his stan because it is the right thing to do. the polls show most americans are skeptical. 67% of those surveyed believe the president's support was politically motivated. 57% say it will have no affect on their vote. 26% say they are less likely to vote pore president obama 17% say they -- for president obama only 17% say they are more likely. >> the president: what going to determine the election is the economy. >> reporter: his challenger agrees. romney is on the trail in iowa today saying president obama's reckless spending has fanned a prairie fire of debt. he did address the topic of same-sex marriage over the weekend at virginia's liberty university. >> marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman.

>> reporter: also according to the poll, mitt romney is leading president obama 46-43% among all voters. that is well within the poll's 4% margin of error. the ceo of jpmorgan chase survived a shareholder push today to re him. share holders voted to allow jamie dimon to keep his post, five days after he disclosed a two billion dollar trading loss. they endorsed his pay package of 23 million dollars. most of the ballots were cast before he revealed the loss. he told share holders the company's mistakes were self-inflicted and he takes responsibility. treasury secretary geithner says the loss strengthens the case for tougher rules on financial institutions. >> the fed and the sec and other regulators will be part of this process will take a careful look at this incident and make sure we review the

implications of what that means for the remaining rules. >> president obama supports that review. calls dimon one of the smartest bankers there is. he described jpmorgan chase as one of the best managed banks there is. mark zuckerberg will ring the nasdaq bell from menlo park friday the day it goes public. the site is increasing in stock price to between $34 and $38 up from the original estimate of $28 and $35. friday is the most highly anticipated offering in years and will value facebook at 100 billion dollars. a new poll says half of americans think facebook is a passing fad. happening right now in sacramento governor brown's revised budget plan is at a hearing before the senate committee the governor says state is facing a deficit of almost 16 billion dollars.

he's calling for cuts including 5% for state employees. schools could get a 16% butte in spending. democrats -- boost in spending. democrats are not happy with the cuts republicans don't like the proposed tax increases. two hours from now sheriff ross mirkarimi will be back in court over a key piece of evidence in the ethics investigation. at issue, whether video of mirkarimi's wife can be used in an administrative hearing on misconduct charges against the sheriff. the video tan by a neighbor shows lopez talk -- taken by a neighbor shows lopez talking and showing a bruise on her arm. the city wants to use that to remove mirkarimi from his position. richmond city council could tax sodas and other drinks. set to vote tonight that would let voters decide on a one cent per ounce tax on sweet

drinks saying the revenues would pay for afterschool programs, new athletic fields and cooking classes in schools. family drama in the courtroom. >> today john edwards' daughter is expected to testify in her father's corruption trial. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney in san jose thousands have turned out for start of the third stage of the amgen tour in california. some of the greatest cyclists in the world. the start live, coming

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. the teacher who left his wife and job to move in with a student is back in court. james hooker arrived at courthouse with 18-year-old jordan butters with by his side he's charged with sexual assault in a case involving a different student 14 years ago. a judge confiscated his passport after learning he planned to move to canada with powers. the two have been off and on in their relationship. daughter of john edwards is expected to take the stand today. she has been by her father's side everyday of the trial. the 30-year-old attorney has quietly endured day after day the painful and lurid details of her father's deceit. >> kate told me i'm the child of two parents. and as much as she is her

mother's daughter she is her father's son and she is gonna stick by him. she believes he has committed no crime. >> kate edwards left the courtroom in tears earlier this month during testimony about her mother's reaction to her father's affair. edwards was a former presidential candidate. he has pleaded not guilty to campaign financing violations stemming from the money used to support his mistress he faces 30 years if convicted. right now the third stage of the amgen tour of california bike race is just about to get underway in downtown san jose. surrounding festivities have been going on all morning. terry mcsweeney always part of the fun, right there at the starting line, nice day for a ride terry. >> reporter: it is the perfect day for a 117 mile pride from san jose over mount diablo down to livermore which is what 117 of the world's best riders are going to be doing in a few minutes. you see them at the start

line. that was a photo-op. they stand there, photographers from all over the bay area, state, country and world come out and get pictures of this race, it is that big that exciting a deal. it is truly america's greatest bicycle race. they are some of the greatest cyclists in the world here to race in what some call america's tour de france the amgen tour of california. >> you have tour de france as far as competing the course is that difficult big preparation for that televised worldwide i've had people commenting from france and japan they were watching me on tv the other stay. >> reporter: this -- the other day. livermore is our finish city we have a pass through of livermore early in the day then we come back to sprint it out at the finish.

>> reporter: about a mile up the road, there was a related bike race the king of the mountain charity cycling challenge. she wants to be queen of the mountain. >> it is a great way to come and did something for themselves that challenges themselves and watch the race and watch all of their heroes and everyone they root for on television ride by. >> we give away all our profits to an anti-obesity program in 250 q-8 schools here in silicon valley. -- >> reporter: we are back out here live at the berryessa community center. the racers there the photographers who had their photo-ops have been moved off the course we are maybe 25 seconds or so from the start of america areas version of the tour de france, it is -- nothing less every rider knows it. a lot of pressure on these riders, on these teams.

[ cheering and applause ] >> wow! >> and they're off! >> reporter: and they are off ladies! 117 of the finest riders, they've got support staff behind and in front it is being televised internationally many some of these racers telling me they've been getting calls from friends across the atlantic about the great job we are doing on this race, that they are doing on this race. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> before you go, can you tell how many people are there? >> reporter: there's thousands for sure. it goes so far down the street and haven't been down there, i couldn't give a good estimate, thousands of people. festival, party, carnival atmosphere leading up to the start of this grace, incredibly goodwill race going

on here. >> thank you so much. >> looks like sunny weather perfect. >> i was going to say the kids in the crowd too some got out of school to watch. i hope to see it. sunny for those folks upper 60s to low 70s as they go through the east bay. we'll talk about sunshine and warmest probably today cooling trend is on the way. puppy love to the extreme. the bitter bicoastal custody battle over this little critter and the thousands spent by one man. copd makes it hard to breathe,

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to a story that gives new meaning to the term "puppy love" caught in the middle of a custody battle a manhattan man is spend tens of thousands to get his dog back from his ex-girlfriend here in california suing for custody and created a website to help him pay for all of the doggy drama it has cost more than $60,000 so far. >> all i want is to bring knuckles back home to me.

he is my son. i know going to court for your child is crazy, i raised knuckles since he was two months old. >> i think it is re on me knuckles has been with me since he was eight weeks old. i can't imagine my life without him. >> with neither side backing down a judge is says -- is set to hear arguments tomorrow. >> a lovable critter. >> he is but caught in that bitterness, too bad. pretty nice out couple spots first east bay hills into the valleys there's mount diablo i want to thank the folks at amgen whoever got the state park pave ford this race, thank you, that was an awful road before, a lot of potholes. nasty hairpin turns going up the outside.

santa cruz on the other extreme a lot of sun, a few folks out there already they have coats on still, a little cool probably will be for the better part of the afternoon nice day to be at the beach. clouds slowly erasing as northwesterly wind is developing high pressure starts to move over the bay area going to stop that cool breeze we had yesterday and that's why it will be warmer today. 55 at half moon bay mid to upper 50s sarah palin, oakland, san rafael, fairfield low to mid 60s until you get to concord and antioch upper 60s. santa cruz 59°, 57 across the bay of monterey, 55 watsonville, 70 in gilroy, partly cloudy and warmer just about everywhere today, clouds will come back tonight. slightly cooler tomorrow that will extend into thursday before another warming trend for the weekend. today hayward 70 san francisco 65 oakland 70 san jose 76 this afternoon, concord and

santa rosa 77 and 76. here's that low from yesterday over the last 12 hours pulled away that's allowing high pressure to move in it will stay only two days, warmer the coast is going to miss out on the significant warming in the south bay mid to upper 70s, mid 60s to mid 70s north and south on the peninsula. downtown south san francisco mid 60s mid 70s inland north bay mid 60s to mid 70s north south on east bay shore mid 70s to near 80 east bay valleys mid to upper 60s monterey bay inland mid 70s to 80°. around the state warm through the central valley mid to upper 80s sunny 71 tahoe, 77 l.a., 69 san diego, palm springs 101. if you are heading to the giants' game clouds will start rolling in towards latter parts of the game, breezy,

7:15 first pitch, 60 three dropping to 256. clouds come back -- 63° dropping to 256. let's look at that seven day forecast. tomorrow's temperatures pretty close today if not a few degrees cooler and then we drop two to eight degrees thursday with more sun, breezy thursday not as breezy friday still that's part of the cooling trend. warmer weather and more sunshine saturday, sunday and monday ii thousands are gathering in san francisco to network and learn from some of the most successful women in the country. the 23rd annual conference of the professional business women of california. more than 3,000 women and men are tending that sold-out event. the theme this year is connect, innovate, inspire. i had privilege of opening the morning session some speakers include representative jackie

spear she founded this organization. and "newsweek" magazine editor-in-chief, tina brown. >> is always amazing how many people go and the energy in that room with we'll be right back.

later today michael finney reveals hidden charges that are easy to rack up when you watch tv on your ipad or phone. students sue state one district for failing to get rid of bad teaches. those stories at 4:00 and 5:00. >> thanks for joining us today. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next.

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