i'm bob redell live at at&t park. right now, my eyes are on the east bay. nimitz freeway reports of people swerving to avoid something in the road. i'll tell you when and where "today in the bay." good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew in for laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. a lot going on this weekend. the forecast is important to at lo of people and always is on a friday. the weather will be pretty nice unlike the heat we had set up around the bay area to start the week. we had the cooling trend start yesterday and continues this morning. low clouds all the way into livermore this morning. notice your temperatures this afternoon. a little breezy at times, comfortable. 85 livermore, 80 san jose. 76 redwood city and 65 with patchy low clouds around san francisco.

rob, new this morning students who use the cafeteria at de anza high school in el so branto need to make other lunch plans. the fire department estimates $1.2 million in damage but it's limited to the cafeteria. school open as usual. also new this morning, a bay area car company hoping to drive america through the 21st century in a green way will take over an east bay factory. christie smith is live on the new opening. today opening day for tesla motors. she's got the details. >> reporter: i can tell you they are wasting no time here in fremont. there are already workers here. they're calling it the tesla factory some of them. a few dozen workers working out of a small office on the parking lot. this is happening while some of the offices and shops from

bodymaking to paint are being designed. the electric carmaker will be making the model-s sedan, an all-electric car that seats five and apparently has a battery range up to 300 miles. so far about 3,000 people have already put a deposit on it and are expected to produce about 20,000 of these cars a year. the palo alto company stunned everyone when it amounced plans to buy the plant in may. the nummi plant shut down in april leaving more than 4,000 union workers without jobs. tesla has 80 o workers worldwide and is recruiting. we're told they could have 2,000 over the next couple of years. they've hired about 30 nummi former workers and competition is stiff. they're saying they're getting about 2,000 to 3,000 resumes a month. but if you're interested, some open houses and job fairs will be held here in fremont a little later this year. reporting live in fremont,

christie smith, "today in the bay." >> big news for some workers. the oakland police department apologizing for the death of a family dog. the labrador named gloria was the only one home when officers arrived to check out a burglar alarm called. oakland police say gloria began growling and barking and made a threatening move in their words toward the officers. the family says the 11-year-old gloria had arthritis in her hips, she had trouble getting up. the officers shot three times. one shot hit the dog in the head. the owners want to know why police didn't use a taser or mace or pepper spray on the dog instead. also new this morning, a website just posted a new tape from osama bin laden, and in it he reportedly calls for action to help people in flood-ravaged pakistan. the 11-minute tape is undated. bin laden expresses concern over natural disasters and calls for more aid for the victims.

if it is authentic it would be his first public comments since march. president barack obama promising to bring two cal hikers still in prison in iran home. he made that pledge to sarah shourd. she was released a few weeks ago. shourd, her mother and the mothers of the two men still held on charges of being spies all spoke to the president last night. the iranian government meanwhile has called for the release of iranian prisoners. later today the president will have a new right-hand man. just after 8:00 president obama is expected to announce that white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is stepping down to run for mayor of chicago. senior adviser pete rouse will take over for now. holding back to ensure success, that's what the governor says is behind the law that moves the cutoff age to 5. the current birthday deadline moves from september 22 -- 2nd to september 1st.

it says it will save $700 million a year although critics say that number is exaggerated. another big change in public education, the california open enrollment act. the new law lets parents with kids in low-performing schools to transfer them almost anywhere else. but not all schools are embracing it. schools that would lose students are reluctant to take extra steps to educate parents about those options while many high-scoring well funded districts we spoke to all said the same thing -- they likely don't have room for open enrollment transfers. not all parents are on the bandwagon either. a charter ceo said when it comes to children most parents prefer to stay put. >> if a great school exists five miles away, the parents would still rather send them to a close elementary school because of safety and kinds of security. it may help a lot in high school, though. >> critics of this law say the

state should level the funding between districts instead of punishing low-performing schools. in just a few hours, at&t park could turn into a field of dreams for bay area baseball fans. nbc fans as well. the giants just one game away from heading into the playoffs and all the excitement hitting a fever pitch this morning. >> today in the bay's bob redell live at at&t park where playoff magic could end the giants 'seven-year drought. i don't want to jinx it but i think it would be hard not to get in. >> reporter: that seems to be the conventional wisdom. later today we understand the team will bring in national league west champion caps and t's for the players along with several cases of chilled champagne in anticipation of making it into the playoffs. but just like a bride who doesn't see the groom until the

wedding, they will be keeping these items away from the team until it does happen, if it is going to happen. it would be superstitious to do otherwise. in order for them to have break out all that swag and bubbly all the giants have to do is beat the padres once this weekend, whether it be tonight, saturday or sunday. they're on a roll coming off a 4-1 win yesterday over the diamondbacks and having won 8 of the last 10 games. the padres have beaten the giants 10 times in 15 games this weekend but the giants do have the momentum, something the padres don't have considering they've lost the last 4 of their 5 games and the padres will be up against a soldout sea of orange and black. fans are superexcited to see them make it to the playoffs for what would be the first time since 2003. >> they're going to throw down against philadelphia because we have the better rotation. it doesn't matter. boom. then bring on new york. bring on tampa bay. i don't care.

san francisco is getting a trophy this year. >> three games up in the west. we at least have a tiebreaker. we're going to the playoffs, baby. >> reporter: boy, i wonder if they could have any more energy. the game is sold out. not a big surprise. we were on the giants' website this morning. tickets from the box office are sold out. the best bet is craigslist or other sites like stub hub.com. the game is at 7:15 tonight. reporting live at at&t, bob redell, "today in the bay." here is a look at the weekend schedule. tonight's game at 7:00. then two games saturday and sunday. they both start at 1:00 in the afternoon. the giants just need to win one of them to get into the playoffs. the padres would have to sweep all three. that would force a playoff game on monday and then have to win

that. >> never! >> we're saying the giants are in there. they say they want to win it tonight and not get it done sunday. >> that's people going saturday would like it to be done. >> the people on sunday might. good morning. >> should be a good day weatherwise for the game. >> should be. i think the sales of giants sweat shirts will be pretty popular. 58 right now. we have fog blowing across san francisco right now. if you're heading out to the game, temperatures around game time close to 60. so it's going to be cool all day. the low clouds filtering in. 50s throughout the game. so bundle up if you're heading out there. cool around san francisco. the reason why is obviously the sea breeze firing up, cooling off the rest of the bay area for the afternoon. one item to watch south of gilroy today especially heading into southern california. been an active couple of days. thundershowers rotating out of the desert southwest over southern california. some of this may try to drift in maybe south of livermore this afternoon. so watch out for that. again areas south of morgan hill and south of livermore. today near 80 degrees. san jose eventually mid 60s

around san francisco right around midday. low 70s around oakland. 70s and 80s from petaluma to hillsburg. for the weekend for the giants' games this weekend quite cool. 60s all weekend long along the coast. mid 70s inland as you wrap up the weekend. a big breakthrough expected at devil's slide today after three years of work. crews will open a small hole through the mountain today. it will then be expanded to an 8 x 8 hole and eventually a tunnel. it will make it a lot safer and faster for drivers in the area. highway 1 is often closed by rock slides but the new section goes right through the mountain in that brand new tunnel. just as the commute gets started on friday, we have traffic increasing right about now. now we have reports of a truck fire right near the toll plaza on the approach. northbound 880 near the 880 overcrossing.

which overcrossing? this one. the one in the live shot at the top of the screen. there you go. that's the black band of roadway as you're coming toward the toll plaza. we cannot see any fire or smoke there. updates that it might be closer to the 580/880 interchange, the maze itself. that could be a big issue off the east shore freeway. all of these folks approaching the toll plaza. this is reported in the last seven minutes so we don't see major slowing except for the berkeley curve but we'll watch carefully. reports of flames coming up over the truck cab and the driver reportedly out of that cab. that's good news. should be no injuries but should be a distraction. we follow this carefully. speeds through the maze looking okay so far but we watch as it comes out of the caldecott and east shore freeway. send if back to you. time now is 6:11. smog in your neighborhood could put you at risk for a life-changing disease. we have the report on which bay area neighborhoods could be at risk. >> do you happen to know if she's looking to go --

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and coming up this weekend following sunday night football, nbc bay area presents "on thin ice" my tour up to alaska to look at climate change. the implications for the bay area within our lifetimes. "on thin ice" this sunday as we make a dramatic helicopter landing. let's show you the bay area today. looking over the bay bridge right now. temperatures jumping toward 76. upper 70s today around fremont. a look at the weekend forecast in a few minutes.

and now to news on decision 2010. as campaigns hit the final stretch, candidates are trying to sway thousands of undecided voters. this weekend republican candidate for governor meg whitman and her democratic opponent jerry brown will scare off for a spanish language debate. meantime, whitman is battling a new scandal. analysts say she is under fire from much of the latino community for firing her maid all because of that illegal status issue that has come up. whitman accuses brown of digging up that story as part of a smear campaign. but no matter how it plays out these allegations could cost whitman much needed votes. >> unauthorized immigrants are 10% of california's labor force. so they are -- they work with us. they work for us. and this woman clearly was a loyal employee. >> brown has not commented on

the controversy yet. the latest field poll shows that he does lead whitman by three percentage points in the latino voters support. >> people want to go on the internet and check out friends so why not offer a website that offers friends, profiles. talking about taking the entire social spens of college and putting it online. what they've put online would become facebook. the worldwide phenom now based in the bay area. the movie "the social network" detailing the birth of the site opens today. it's opened in other theaters as well. yesterday, based on a book accidental billionaires. ben mezrich is the author of the book and considered the man who wrote the book on facebook and joins us live from new york. you've seen the movie obviously. what do you think of it in. >> i think it's fantastic. they did a really good job of putting this on the screen. it's brilliant. >> this is not your first movie. folks who have seen the movie "21", you wrote a book about

that as well. not the first time you had a book go to a movie. >> "21" was about bringing down the house about the m.i.t. kids. this time david fincher directing. i think people are going to be blown away by the visuals on this. it's amazing. >> there has been a lot of talk even when your book first came out. it is a semi-fictionalized account of what happened because you have conversations in there where you weren't there but you're trying to reconstruct them as best you can? >> i don't consider it fictional at all. it's a true story. the way i write gets attacked a lot and a lot of journalists don't like the way i write nonfiction. but everything in the book is true. i have thousands of pages of court documents. i interviewed everyone except for mark zuckerberg who would not speak to me and built this over a year of research. everything in there is correct. it's a true story. >> the talk is one of your sources actually got paid not to talk to you. can you comment on that?

>> yeah. well, you know, eduardo savren is the one that came to me. he was the co-founder of the company. he was angry he was kicked out. he felt betrayed and wanted to tell his story. halfway into talking to me, facebook found out i think he was talking to me, they freaked out. he freaked out and there was a settlement. nobody really knows but supposedly he got over a billion dollars. >> i'd take a billion dollars not to talk to anyone too. natalie portman, explain the connection with that. >> well, i mean, she was actually in college at the time that this whole thing started. i think there's a line in the movie where they're talking about there was a movie star on campus or something. but she's not in the movie but she was there at the time when this all went down. >> ben, "accidental billionaires" is still in book stores and "the social network" in movie theaters. best of luck with the movie. >> thank you very much. new details this morning on how the next smoggy day could have affect your chances of developing diabetes.

new research shows a strong correlation between adult diabetes and air pollution. last year, san francisco county had eight code orange days for pollution and the american lung association gave it a "d" for a grade. santa clara and alameda and contra costa counties got "f" for air quality in 2009 but there were some bay area counties that got passing grades. those are san mateo and santa cruz counties. they got "a" or "b" for particulate pollution. good morning, folks. got to interrupt your friday light because the truck fire we got an updated location and more lanes blocked. we have two lanes blocked now northbound 880 right around seventh street. now fifth and embarcardero as well as broadway. that's right in the same area. elevated span hitting through downtown and heading up toward 980. the map shows you the vicinity. let me give au live shot from

the oakland camera because we tried to scope it out from the coliseum. looking from downtown. the lights around the bend. looking for smoke. can't see that. can see the city and the billings and outlines of the buildings. we should see smoke and flames through the area. we don't see it from this camera. the good news is that won't be a business distraction from that portion and san leandro. we'll take you back to the map and show you where you expect to see major slowing because of two lanes blocked. that sig-alert means the chp expects this to be a major incident for at least a half hour, potentially more. it will have major impact as fire crews arrive. we'll let you know how that develops. take 580 through oakland if you can and jump on 980 and back over to 880. that should keep you clear. the carquinas and benicia bridges clear but this afternoon and evening looking for the

getaway traffic. piles of dirty old shoes turning into places for bay area kids to play. we're going to talk to the founder of a revolutionary new program coming you next and tell you how you can help. first tom sinkovitz with what they're working on. >> thousands of sex offenders in california will be paroled this year and vital information about them won't be used to help them rehabilitate. do we risk violent offenders attacking n?ag an "nbc bay area" investigation tonight at 11:00 after "outlaw." people! look at you!

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the event. they have a lot going on. the music and the running but there are a lot of kiosks and a lot of -- you can get running equipment and stuff like that but there are charities there and yours is one of them. >> we attend the expos and collect shoes from all the participants and runners at the events we go to and the rock 'n' roll races have been good to us. we collect the shoes from all the participants and donate them to a local rescue mission in the city that the race is held to help those people faced with poverty and homeless. >> how many shoes do you usually collect? >> last year at this event we did 500 which is a great haul. that was the most we've collected at any event. san jose has been really good to us. >> you go all around the country doing this. >> we'll be in denver next. denver rock 'n' roll and l.a. and vegas too. >> what kind of shoes can people bring? i know you focus on the athletic shoes but you're not limited to that. >> no. we'll take anything. it's easier for us to go to an event like this and be where there's a mass amount of people so we target the athletic

industry but we'll take anything because they're always needed. even dress shoes for people trying to get back on their feet and get a job so it helps for interviews and things like that. >> do you have to refurbish them? people say i don't know if shoes are good enough to donate. how do they know it's okay? >> we'll take pretty much anything. we encourage people to wash them first but if they are beat up and no wearability we'll send them to someone who will grind them up. nothing goes to waste. we try to reuse it and if we can't we recycle. >> bring them this weekend. it will be cool to collect some and help some folks out especially these days. lots of people need that kind of stuff. we have a special guest participating in the rock 'n' roll half marathon as well coming up. former 49er legend roger craig. he's going to be here and talk to us too. in the meantime we did mention the weather is going to be pretty good. check in with rob for that. looks like it will be pretty nice for the runners. outstanding compared to the heat we had earlier this week.

right now this morning in san jose we've got low clouds. 62 degrees. and for the event, rock 'n' roll marathon this weekend, it looks great. mid 70s. low clouds for the morning. the other good component is the air quality so your lungs won't hurt this weekend. we had spare the air days earlier but if the sea breeze is around it should be fantastic for at this afternoon central coast or southern california, scattered thundershowers as that upper low parked over l.a. today. notice the temperatures as we head through the afternoon. 80 in san jose today. as we move through the weekend san jose is going to be cooling off. a little breezy toward sunday into the north bay. highs in the 70s and 80s. so your weekend forecast looks great. mild and breezy at times and warmer as we approach wednesday next week. back to you. a palo alto pumpkin patch is offering pumpkins that don't need candles in order to shine. they're made entirely of glass. if you haven't checked it out it's cool. 15th annual great pumpkin patch. dozens of artists participate and make their own renditions.

no two pumpkins are alike. for the first time collectors can see how the pumpkins are made. they'll be on display today and then you can buy them saturday and sunday. they're really cool. laura and i checked them out in the past few years. if you want to have some fun and check them out it's kind of like an easter egg hunt, only pumpkins. check out a festival in the east bay. it's happening in richmond. there will be food and music and tours of the rosie the riveter museum. from the world war ii era. events at three locations including the crane yard pavilion and shipyard number 3. time now 6:27. how about the giants? we're going to take you there live and tell you when the orange and black and faithful can get tickets to tonight's big playoff game. i think if you're lucky you might get one. also the new promise from the president about the two hikers held in the jail in iran.

i'm bob redell live at at&t park where the giants hope to accomplish tonight something they haven't done since 2003. the playoffs. take you here live coming up. a big shakeup at the white house this morning. rahm emanuel is officially stepping down. we will tell you what a new chief of staff will mean for the president's plans for the country coming up. and a look at 880, the nimitz getting nasty. truck fire, lanes closed, sig-alert and the toll plaza lights are on. i'll show you why friday light isn't so light "today in the bay." good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. it is friday. i'm brent cannon. laura has the morning off this morning. scott mcgrew says he's got radio or something. he'll be here in a morning to

join us. meantime rob is with us with the forecast. it's friday, the weekend. >> i would never leave you, brent. low clouds moving in. temperatures also heading lower this afternoon. we've got misty skies on the coast. sunny skies inland today. look at the temperatures. only 80 in san jose. 65 san francisco. 73 oakland and areas south of gilroy may see tropical clouds out of the south. the weekend forecast in a few minutes. now, the magic number is now one. the giants need just one win in their series which starts today with the padres in order to seal the deal. "today in the bay" bob redell live at at&t park where players and fans are on the verge of baseball bedlam. >> reporter: good morning to you, brent, where later tonight the giants begin the three-game series against the padres. as you were mentioning, all the giants have to do is win one of the games to advance to the placeoffs. it can be tonight, saturday or sunday. they advance to the playoffs for the first time in seven years.

the giants do have the momentum. lately they've just been on fire, having blown out the diamondbacks yesterday 4-1. here's another number for you. this number is not a good one. 2,000. that's how much someone is selling a couple of seats for on craigslist for tonight's game. those two seats in the first row right behind the giants' dugout, both going for two grand. stub hub also has luxury box seats available for ten grand. those websites are going to be your best bet. we logged on to the giants' website this morning and all the box office tickets, they're sold out. not a surprise. first pitch tonight 7:15 at at&t park. reporting live, bob redell. >> ten grand. you thought the tier pricing was high. thanks, bob. new this morning, president obama is about to lose his chief of staff. the president today will make official what has been clear for days, rahm emanuel, the relentless enforcer of the

president's agenda, is resigning. he now has his sights on something far more difficult, being mayor of chicago. the president is expected to introduce pete rouse as interim replacement. who is he? what impact will he have on the administration? we're going to talk about all of that coming up in a live report from washington. some of the most innovative people in the universe are going to be out of a job as of today. nasa is laying off more than 1200 workers even though congress passed a $19 billion budget for nasa just a couple of days ago. many laid-off workers are with the shuttle program and have been with the space program with nasa since it started in the mid 1980s. tesla motors moving into the fremont auto plant today. it plans to build the model-s, an electric four-door sedan as well as some other vehicles. the palo alto based company says the new production could create about 1,000 jobs at the former

nummi plant. toyota closed the plant in april, leaving 4700 union employees out of work. tesla announced it was buying the plant this past may. president obama says his administration will continue to do all it can to secure the release of two cal grads detained in iran. the president met with freed hiker sarah shourd and her mother at the white house yesterday. the white house said the president wanted to personally welcome shourd home. josh fattal and shane bauer have been held more than a year. four south bay teenagers accused of attempted murder in the stabbing and shooting of two trick-or-treaters last halloween will be in court today. they're expected to enter pleas in santa clara county superior court. the attack happened at lee masterson middle school in san jose. police say the attacks were gang related but neither of the victims were gang members. the governor is putting the brakes on california stops. governor schwarzenegger vetoing a plan to cut fines in half for

motorists who roll through right turns at red lights. that means drivers still have to pay $450 each time they are caught running a red light. the governor says the state will not tolerate dangerous driving and the bill sends the wrong message to the public, so he vetoed it. let's turn to mike ginoi in. >> there was an earlier truck fire. the cab was completely engulfed in flames. that's the report. it is out now. still, we have fire cufz on scene and we have the burnt shell of the big rig. that's going to be a problem. two lanes are blocked. stay to the left two lanes coming up through downtown north of fifth street because it's around seventh where you have big slowing, further slowing as you pass 980 in toward the maze and the toll plaza. but you can use 580 because north of 980, 880 is clear. heading anywhere norg of 980 you should be okay.

heading up through downtown oakland because of the sig-alert. at least another 20 minutes for that to clear. all the folks through oakland slowing as well. look at all the taillights approaching the toll plaza. the accident between the two scenes. there's the back-up with the metering lights on. delays getting into san francisco as well. back to you. time now is 6:36. a fire in an east bay school overnight may change up a daily routine for students. check this out. like a curling iron on steroids. we're going to tell you why you may want it around for your weekend barbecue. it is gadget friday. stay tuned. plus the bay area's biggest transit agency cuts passengers a break. how to save lunch money with the deal. i'm rob mayeda tracking a cooler change in the weather. waking up to plenty of low clouds as seen around the embarcardero this morning.

our state is in a real mess. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to livin thwi our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats but as californians first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exactly that.

just before 6:40, friday morning off to a pretty nice start. you'll notice a lot more low clouds. 59 right now. livermore 57 in san francisco. sea breeze reaching san francisco. a clear sign inland will be cooler. napa west wind at 14 helping to

pump in low clouds. the item to work in our weather today especially south of gilroy and santa cruz. you can see on the radar elevated precipitation not reaching the ground but this is some tropical moisture that's kind of spinning up out of southern california. i think areas to the south of tracy and south of monterey today could see an isolated thundershower along the coastal range along the central coast. bay area temperatures looking pretty comfortable. numbers today near 80 in san jose once the low clouds break up. 73 oakland. 65 around san francisco. inland through the tri-valley highs low 80s today. big change from the 100 degree plus temperatures early in the week. the weekend looks cooler. breezy at times going into sunday and monday. back to you. thanks, rob. new this morning, starting today muni will waive the 25 cent surcharge on the new 90-day reusable card. the nta is getting rid of the charge because a lot of customers saw it as a fare hike. the new price is now $2 flat.

after three years of work, crews will open a smaull hole through the mountain at devil's slide today. it will eventually be expanded and become a tunnel that will make it faster and safer for drivers in the area. highway 1 often closed by rock slides but the new section goes through the mountain in the brand new tunnel. there is a new tape from osama bin laden out overnight. we'll tell you why the al qaeda terrorist supports going green. plus one nfl great who is going to join us right here in studio next. where you can run with 49ers legend roger craig this weekend. the old nummi auto plant in fremont is back in business. new owners, new cars, new jobs. that story straight ahead. and a live look outside this morning. 280 moving smoothly through the south bay this morning. san jose area looking good. now the east bay 880 in oakland. that's always a hot spot but mike will check the commute coming up. th

good morning once again, everybody. time now 6:44. a live look outside. the sun starting to come up. skies getting lighter. it's going to be cooler this weekend which is going to be nice if you don't like the heat. lots of activity outside so we'll check in with rob and look at the forecast where you live. new this morning, websites just posted new tape from osama bin laden. you're seeing file tape here. the new tape is coming in. in this new tape, he reportedly calls for action to help people in flood-ravaged pakistan. the 11-minute tape is undated. bin laden expresses concern over natural disasters and calls for more aid for victims.

if it is authentic it would be his first public comments since march. the white house in store for a shakeup. president obama now confirms that his chief of staff is stepping down. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c. with who is likely going to take his place. tracie. >> reporter: hi there, brent. this is not new news but it is important news. no one really wanted to break it before president obama himself but rahm emanuel, the chief of staff, is headed back to chicago to run for mayor, which he had expressed some interest in after mayor daly said that he would not run for re-election. he'll join a crowded field we understand. he's headed back to chicago over the weekend to start campaigning. he's launching what he calls a listening tour next week. he's already got a 312 area cell phone. he is out of washington after this weekend we understand. he has been the chief enforcer of the president's agenda. and now word is pete rouse, who is a senior adviser at the white

house, will take over in his place. he is not as well known as emanuel, however, he is a washington insider. he's part of the president's inner circle and perhaps most importantly, he has very deep connections here in washington, which makes a big difference when you're trying to get things done. so now it is official that he will be stepping down as chief of staff, rahm emanuel, the former congressman who took over as chief of staff when president obama came into office. now headed back to chicago, back into politics himself. brent. >> he's a hot bed as well. thanks for the update. a look at the markets this morning. dow industrials down 47, nasdaq down 4. the united deal with continental official this morning. shareholders approving that. hp has a new ceo as well. the one to keep your eye on, though, is t.a.r.p. it looks as if we're going to get the t.a.r.p. paid back maybe breaking even. all that talk about those

billions and billions and the t.a.r.p. may get paid back completely. today it is back to business at the former nummi plant in fremont. tesla officially takes over. today "today in the bay's" cliff smith is live in fremont with a look at what's going to be rolling off the production lines. good morning. >> reporter: tesla will be rolling out the model-s sedan at the fremont factory. this is an all-electric car that seats five adults. according to tesla already about 3,000 have putt down deposits trying to reserve the car when it comes out. we're told the battery on this thing can run about 300 miles and tesla motors s. promising delivery on it by 2012. nummi opened here in 1984 as a venture between gm and toyota and the free mont plan shut down of course in april, leaving about 4700 union employees looking for jobs. the palo alto company now has about 800 workers worldwide. that could jump to about 2,000

in the next few years. tesla is actively recruiting. we're told about 30 former nummi workers have already been hired, but competition here is quite stiff, as you might imagine, with tesla getting about 2,000 to 3,000 resumes a month. but if you're interested, they're going to have job fairs and open houses here in fremont coming up a little later this year. reporting live in fremont, christie smith, today in the bay. a high school in el sobrante may need to pack a lunch this morning or make other plans because an overnight fire in the cafeteria. damage estimated $1.2 million but didn't spread. the rest of the school is fine. classes will go on as usual today. however students need to make sure they pack a lunch or make arrangements. meanwhile, let's get a look at traffic and mike inouye. >> you talked about the fire at el sobrante high school. that's open but sig-alert coming

through oakland. that fire is out and vehicles have cleared. that sig-alert canceled 880 through downtown oakland. that did bring a little problem for 580 now because folks use that as an alternate. thank you for listening but now spread it out because there's slowing on 580 when 880 has cleared. slowing just north of the warren highway. 580 was the alternate to 880 there not through livermore. no alternate for 580 through the area but there is a sig-alert westbound out of the altamont pass to grant line road. the people bear benefit on 580 in pleasanton. all the way to the dublin interchange. early slowing sticking ard here and a lot of slowing westbound. unusual for this time especially on a friday. the sunol grid looks nice for the express lane all the way down into the south bay. typical slowing northbound 101 and 87. this usually means big problems for 85 throughout the course of

the morning. saturday we'll find street closures and into sunday because of the rock 'n' roll half marathon down neighborhoods. the light rail should be relatively smooth through the area. live look outside shows the toll plaza. metering lights are on. back-up going back to the maze. going to be a party in san francisco! >> you know it! whoo! >> one win and they are in. the giants could punch their ticket to the playoffs tonight against the padres. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live this morning at at&t park where players and fans are on the verge of making the playoffs. i know the players make it but when you're a fan you have feel like you make it too. >> reporter: yeah. good morning to you, brent and scott. we understand later today the giants will bring in national league west championship caps and t's for the players and several cases of chilled champagne in anticipation of making it to the playoffs. but just like a bride who doesn't see the groom until the

wedding itself those items will be hidden from the players. it would be superstitious if they did otherwise. to be able to break out all that swag and bubbly all the giants have to do is beat the padres once this weekend, whether it be tonight, saturday or sunday. the giants are on a roll coming off a 4-1 win yesterday over the diamondbacks and having won 8 of the last 10 games. now, the padres have beaten the giants, though, 10 times in 15 games this season. but like i said, the giants have momentum, something the padres don't have considering they've lost the last 4 of their 5 games. the padres up against a soldout sea of orange and black tonight. fans are super excited to see the giants make it to the playoffs for the first time since 2003. box office tickets as far as we know looking on the website are sold out. craigslist, stub hub the best bet if you want to get into the game at 7:15. if you have tickets for tomorrow's game on saturday, some of those tickets have 6:00 printed as the game time.

that game time has been moved up to 1:00 for television. tomorrow's game is at 1:00. tonight 7:15 both against the padres. live here outside at&t park. bob redell, "today in the bay." so is it going to be jackets or what? rob mayeda has the game time forecast. >> looks like jacket or sweat shirt weather around the ballpark. you can see the reason outside this morning. low clouds all over san francisco. 62 degrees. healthy sea breeze this morning and game time temperature pretty close to 60 and breezy out there. it's a pitcher's ball game when you get the cool dense air that settles in. that ought to help the best pitching staff in all of baseball later on this evening. in the satellite view pretty active to the south. central coast could see isolated thundershowers today. south of monterey have to watch for that. san francisco 73. oakland tri-valley still low 80s inland but the cooling trend starting yesterday is going to

carry us straight through the weekend. fantastic weather by the way for the rock 'n' roll marathon in san jose this weekend with temperatures in the mid 70s all the way until about monday and tuesday of next week. back to you. of course we are talking about the rock 'n' roll half marathon. a former florida running back 49er roger craig here taking part. it's in san jose. the run is on sunday but there are things going on even today. you can sign up today. >> you can sign up at the expo from 1:00 to 6:00. tomorrow you can sign up 99:00 to 5:00. so you still can -- >> there's dancing and vendors and all kinds of stuff. >> there's gear. there's running gear. there's nutrition training. got it all. >> i've got two former athletes up here. i'm very intimidated. let me ask you as if i somehow run full marathons. why a half marathon? >> i ran full before. i ran five fulls and five halves. >> i drove 26 miles. but why is it done as a half

marathon? >> it's contagious. it's doable. if you run a full, it's a lot of work. >> lots of people think -- 13 miles, no problem. >> that's an interesting point. you could do the half marathon. but there are walks and smaller things too. so if you're not a big time run perp. >> you don't have to be a fast runner. it's for the whole family. for the grandparents all the way to the kids. it's something that is contagious like i said earlier. when you do one you want to keep could go over and over and over. the running community is amazing. it's amazing to get all these walks of life from all over the world. >> i know we want to talk football but should mention the only way to register for the race is to go to the health and fitness expo at the convention center in downtown san jose. today, tomorrow, you can cheer the runners at the start line in santa clara, catch the blues

travelers near the finish line. cesar chavez plasa as well. >> since we have roger we always like to talk football. >> let's talk about the 49ers. >> they have to play in atlanta. remember what happened last year. this year the 49ers are still struggling trying to get it together. what do you think is going to happen this weekend? >> i think this week will be a good week for them. i think they'll get on track. i know they have some changes in the offense. i think they have the talent. i went on record saying that they're going to annihilate the west and i still strongly believe that they will do that. >> do you think sometimes when you have a change like that -- i know it can be a distraction and people think you have to rewrite the whole playbook. >> just keep it simple. keep it basic and just cons trade on one game at a time. if you do that, it will be fine. >> we'll see what happens. hopefully they pull it off in atlanta. thanks for coming by.

>> i have roger craig and gadget friday. >> what is this? >> it lights your grill. so you plug it in there. you see that. i don't actually have a charcoal grill so i put some old dried grasy very dirty gas grill there. it blows hot air and things catch fire. what you do is stick it in with the charcoal and press the button. you hear that? it's like a hair dryer from heck. there i am burning some paper. i can have a great time in the backyard. it shoots 1,000 degrees fahrenheit air and in about 60 seconds you can light and get the coals to start glowing. then you take it away. >> you have this thing plugged into an extension cord. >> yes. >> do they make one to go to a cigarette lighter so if you're

at a tailgate. >> there you might have to use chemicals. 1,000 degree thing. trouble is about to ensue. >> that looks like too much fun. >> amazon.com. lots going on this weekend again. the giants tonight, saturday and sunday. you got the 49ers on the road. but we've got the half marathon right here in town. so lots of good stuff going on. enjoy. have a good time. thanks for joining us this morning. "today" show coming up next and local news update in a half hour.