good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. the time is 4:59. we'll have more on our top stories in just a minute. first traffic and weather. we get you started with rob and a look at the forecast. >> the forecast this morning, we're still dodging a few scattered showers. let's show you the temperatures for the afternoon. still jacket weather around the bay area as our skies clear. looking at highs in the 50s and 60s this afternoon but if you're driving around the south bay south of san jose heading into morgan hill, you'll find some scattered showers. mike, highway 17 still dealing with a little rate down towards santa cruz. >> yeah, slick roadways. southbound 880 at thornton avenue, an accident there at the off-ramp. the clover leaf right across the freeway from that central chevrolet sign, a car went off the roadway. we are talking about slick roads. we are looking at eastbound 80 at powell. there's a car that took out a bunch of sand barrels. they may need to run a traffic break to move some of the debris

out of the roadway. westbound, your commute direction, it's a smooth but slick drive. new this morning, an ultimatum from the santa clara city council to labor unions. come up with concessions or else 82 workers will lose their jobs. overnight the city council voted to hold off on issuing pink slips for another month so labor unions can try to come up with money-saving solutions. the city council is asking the city's unions to forego year-end raises, accept a pay cut and furlough days. city workers say they're being used as a bargaining chip. >> to talk about laying them off after you guys have squandered millions of dollars, it's too late you don't have the 49er name after what you do because that only seems to be the only priority these people have. >> we have worked really, really hard and diligently to find some way to solve these problems and we just are not close. the only thing we have left was

to talk to our employees. >> jobs that could be cut range from fire captains and police dispatchers to civil engineers and library assistants. east bay lawmakers are turning up the heat on tracking down people who are using children as sex slaves. the alameda county district attorney's office is using a $300,000 federal dpragrant to ed the heat watch program. the money will also help launch the bay area heat coalition. that will bring law enforcement agencies together to catch the traffickers across city, county and state borders. faith leaders are calling on the city of san jose to reclaim its ranking as the safest big city in the country. five churches are launching public safety campaigns sar that their parishioners do not feel safe in reporting crimes to police. san jose faces unprecedented budget cuts and allegations of racial profiling from community

members. faith leaders will meet at christ the king church on monterey highway at 7:30 tonight to talk about a pilot program to address police rotation problems. they're also asking for intervention programs targeted at youth repeat offenders. the california state university system is learning a hard lesson in economics. at a meeting today the csu is expected to hike tuition by more than 15% next fall to offset state funding cuts. tuition will go up 5% in the winter and spring and another 10% will go into effect next fall for undergraduate, graduate and credential programs. that means a resident undergrad will pay nearly $700 additional to attend classes next year. students in the south bay are aware of it and tonight they will sleep in tent city on campus today to call attention to poverty, homelessness and

budget cuts. we've got a video of a similar protest on the campus a couple of years ago that focused on education issues. the students say right now more than five and a half million californians live in poverty. this is the fifth year students have gathered for the so-called poverty under the stars event at san jose state. a familiar face in bay area politics may be joining the race for the mayor of san francisco today. city hall sources tell nbc bay area news state senator leland yi will pick up papers from the election department today to get the ball rolling on a likely campaign. he was just re-elected to a fourth term in the state senate so it is likely that he will start by forming an exploratory committee, which would allow him to raise money. an aide says that yee will hold a news conference this morning. however, the aide would not comment on yee's political plans. east bay fares and parking fees are all aboard today's bart board of directors meeting.

they will decide how much to charge paerjsz that use the west dublin/pleasanton bart station scheduled to open earl next year. as it stands a trip from the new station to sfo will cost $10. one day reserved parking will cost $4. there's still a mystery over what a lot of people saw in the skies over southern california sunday night. some say it was a missile but others say it was an optical illusion. bob redell is live in the cattle center with what the government is saying. >> reporter: on monday night a newschopper in los angeles was shooting a beauty shot, the sunset over the pacific ocean, when they came across this. you're looking at screen grabs from the video. it appears to be the launch of a missile. the video shows what appears to be an object heading straight up into the sky leaving behind a contrail that extends into the ocean. it appears there's a rocket's red glow extending from the object. some of the theories are was this an accidental launch of an

icbm, the pentagon says no. a test launch from a sub? the navy says no. active aggression from a foreign government. no says norad. the faa has found no fast-moving unidentified objects and there are no reports from pilots of a missile launch. they were trying to figure out if this was launched by a private company. now, the other theory that is gaining traction among the experts is that this was the contrail from a commercial jet. i want to show you something over here on the computer screen. this is a website called contrailscience.com. on there you can see an image of, again, what appears to be a missile lauchbnch but this is n from monday night. this was taken over ten years ago from roughly the same place and you can see.

this is run by a private pilot out of santa monica. his argument is and what we're hearing from other experts is that this was an optical illusion caused primarily by three miss perceptions. right here is what we had on monday night. here is a contrail from the jet. the misperception is that the contrail is actually running horizontal, not vertical. that the plane is heading toward the viewer, not away, which helps give the perception it was a missile heading into outer space and the contrail doesn't go all the way to the ground, it's going beyond the horizon. so you've got these three misperceptions acting together to give you this optical illusion that you have a missile going up into outer space. experts also say that the object was moving way too slowly to be an actual missile. a missile would be moving must faster and that the other observation made by one of these experts looking at the video is that it appears that this rocket

appeared to change course and rockets just don't do that. as far as the red glow that i mentioned earlier, that could have possibly been the sun reflecting off the metal skin of this commercial jet, if that's in fact what it was. >> so space aliens came to earth? >> reporter: basically that was the conclusion i was just trying to get at without actually being that overt, but i'm glad that you picked up on that. >> thank you very much, bob, for your adept reporting there. appreciate it. >> and you heard from from the anchorman on tv. time to grab a thermos and cocoa and your ice skates. the rink will be open until january 17th. sundays through thursdays it's open from 10:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night. on fridays and saturdays it's open until 11:30 at night. during the day, admission is $9 for adults, $4.50 for kids ages 8 and under. you also have to pay a fee to rent your skates to do your figure eights out there. not to be done the ice rink

at the embarcadero center also opens today. if you wear giants gear on friday, you skate for free. the rink is open until the first of the year and open the same hours as the one in union square. so bring on the holidays. >> fun times. it's always nice to see that get going. the time is 5:09. we want to check in with mike inouye, skating through the day on the commute. >> it's slippery as well so we'll watch slick roadways because of the overnight rains. we'll look at oakland, a new report southbound with these taillights past the coliseum. there's a report of a big rig on the shoulder. we didn't see anything but saw a tow truck so we'll watch. no lanes reported blocked. look at the travel times in the northbound commute direction for 880, westbound 580 all close to the limit. but lower those speeds, slick roadways out there. back to you guys. >> a little rainier than i expected. >> and still coming down in a few spots around the bay area. speaking of morgan hill, in fact, we're seeing some of the showers around the south bay

right now but this is really all that's left of the rain that fell overnight. behind it we're seeing patches of fog up around the north bay. santa cruz scattered showers moving off toward the ocean and there you see lots of snow flying in the sierra. temperatures will be cool as skies try to clear this afternoon. northwest winds 10 to 20 miles per hour and highs mainly in the low 60s for most of the bay area, but some 50s up near lake port and ukiah. today the last day we'll see rain for a while. high pressure will keep us dry and pretty pleasant. 70s coming back as we move toward the weekend. back to you. meantime, it's 5:10. a new smoking ban. we will tell you about the new rules going into effect in one p one bay area county. and staying safe online. how your internet browsing habits could be the reason criminals can get their hands on your personal information. plus just when you thought you were rid of the buzzing sound, the vuvuzela is back. we'll see what south africa may

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oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. good morning to you. taking a live look outside. a little slick on the roadways this morning as you head out the door, be careful. san jose, expected high of 63 today, santa cruz 62, gilroy 62. stricter smoking laws are soon going to go into effect in parts of santa clara county. supervisors approved two tough smoking bans yesterday and they will impact unincorporated areas of the county. the first will ban smoking inside apartments and condos. the second bans smoking in public places like county fairgrounds, parks and outdoor areas, including ticket lines and outdoor seating for restaurants. hotels and motels are already on the smoking ban. the new law takes effect in 30 days and fines start at $100.

you are your own worst enemy when is comes to posting personal information on the web. that means as more of our personal information winds up online, there's more at risk. a flaw in the way internet browsers work means your private information could be leaked to third parties who track your preferences and purchases. that's valuable information not only for advertisers but for scam artists. >> they can send a personally targeted e-mail and say, hey, i see you went to my high school, isn't that great. i don't remember your pet's name, what was that? there's all sorts of ways to use little seeds of information. >> tech experts at msnbc say you should choose the highest privacy settings available on all social networks and google your own name every now an then to check what others may be saying about you. >> you're not being arrogant. a tale of two search engines. the former ask jeeves. >> reporter: they don't call it that anymore, they call it ask,

but there are big changes even today. search engineers will be laid off. you're saying how can you have a search engine without search engineers. you can't. ask.com has given up as a search engine after more than a decade of fighting the good fight. from here on out the oakland company will connect users questions to answers. this sort of thing is really hot trend, but no more search for ask. okay, we promised a tale of two search engines so you know the other story will be the best of times by dickens. google is giving everyone a 10% raise. everybody as google, according to memos obtained by news.com. not only that, but bonusesfolde. now this alone kind of changes the economy of the south bay. to be a jeweller or a car dealer in mountain view today is tremendous. >> good news. >> that many people getting that much money. the other thing to pay attention

to as far as this goes is this is google trying to keep people away from facebook and twitter. google, the mature company now. >> they're so yesterday, right. >> reporter: so they have got these little startups trying to pickaway for some of their employees. >> they have tremendous snacks all throughout the campus. >> that's why you're not hired there. west point records dating back to the civil war will be made available online just in time for veterans day. more than 150,000 u.s. military academy applications will be posted online by ancestry.com. tomorrow through thursday you can check out those documents for free. then as of sunday, users are going to have to pay a fee for unlimited access. the documents include application letters and other papers from some big notable west point graduates, including general george custer, general

george thomas "stonewall" jackson and general william -- general sherman, the guy who went all the way through atlanta. anyway, check out those on ancestry.com. you may remember the vuvuzelas that kept ears ringing during the world cup. well, now they can be turned into earrings. they were stuck with a lot of leftover, brightly colored plastic vuvuzela horns so they teld a contest to figure out constructive ways to recycle them. the winner suggested the horns be turned into earrings, and there they are. >> wow. >> i thought they were like big, long, dangly earrings. that would be annoying if someone came up and used them. >> you could lay them on the table and put gourds and fruit and stuff in there. >> we're on the same wavelength. that's scary. let's look out to oakland where folks are moving nicely in the

northbound commute direction heading up towards downtown oakland. the southbound side where we heard about the big rig, let's get the live look out there. although we didn't see any major issues, but there was a traffic break. i just saw chp going back and forth to the scene just out of our camera range so traffic is still moving over the last five minutes but you may find some activity just south of 98th heading down towards san leandro. no major slowing on our maps. two other issues, eastbound 80 at powell, opposite your commute, there's an earlier accident just past powell. took out some sand barrels. further north, eastbound 80 at san pablo dam road. an earlier accident has some new activity. a tow truck may have arrived on scene. watch those slick roads. we'll have a look at the forecast coming up in just a minute. i started to limp a little so we didn't know what was happening. >> peewee sports getting some

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we did have about 0.1 of an inch of rain that fell overnight. 55 degrees, northwest wind at 8. the winds will be picking up out of the northwest. 10 to 20-mile-per-hour winds later on this afternoon, highs mostly in the upper 50s to low 60s. so this morning what's left of the showers moving on. behind it, though, patches of fog. we're seeing visibilities in santa rosa about a quarter mile or less. for the afternoon, breezy and cool. we'll see some clearing and then morning fog will be the only concern i think we'll see as high pressure starts to build in. radar view showing you still some lingering showers here off the coast around half moon bay, a few more moving away from morgan hill around highway 101 to the south and in the sierra this morning lots of snow. at least a foot of snow with this system. it will still be flying throughout the day so take the snow cables and chains. as this trough moves on towards the east we'll see northwest winds picking up in the afternoon. we'll call for clearing.

showers shut down for the afternoon. tomorrow and the next few days, this is typical after it's rained and high pressure sets up, we typically get fog drifting into the valleys but the afternoon temperatures will look out standing by the time we get to the weekend. today running fairly cool outside. low 60s across most of the bay area. 50s closer to the ocean, including right around san francisco, heading over to half moon bay. for the eastbound bay hill tops, winds 10 to 20 miles per hour, low 60s and about the same story across the north bay for tomorrow. good news for veterans day plans tomorrow, we'll be drying out and warming up as we head toward the weekend. 70s coming back. it looks like sunday will live up to its name, no rain. >> put the veterans day flag out, thanks. with so many kids playing year-round sports doctors are seeing more kids suffering from adult injuries. vic vicky nguyen takes a look at how to prevent your child from getting hurt. >> reporter: no parent wants to see their peewee athlete

sidelined with an injury but doctors are seeing patients as young as 7 years old. it turns out a few simple exercises can help keep your athlete in the game. at the sports medicine center for young athletes, the clientele is getting younger. >> go about maybe five more. >> the age we see patients is going down and down and down. we're now seeing 7-year-olds with acl tears which was something that was unheard of even ten years ago. >> reporter: the doctor specializes in pediatric orthopedic surgery. >> on two, go. >> reporter: he says today's access to year-round sports, coupled with the push to specialize in one sport at a younger age, makes kids more prone to injury. >> they're going to be at higher risk for getting degenerative arthritis as adults. >> reporter: abraham barnes has a classic overuse injury. he's eight. >> it was like in the middle of

my baseball season where after every game i started to limp a little, so we didn't know what was happening. >> reporter: it's an inflammation of the growth plate in his heel, similar to achilles tendinitis in adults. >> it's pretty painful. you know, especially with running, jumping, hopping, skipping, all the things that kids that play sports would do. so it's enough to take you out so that you can't play. >> reporter: mom samantha says even before the injury she tried to keep her son from playing too hard but admits it's a struggle. >> it is tough to have to say, you know, we're only going to do basketball this season or baseball this season. >> reporter: whether it's cheerleading or football, physical therapists say balance the primary sport with another activity. >> if you want to be a really good soccer player and develop as a soccer player, you don't need to play a ton more soccer, you need to maybe cross train with a different sport like swimming so you develop different muscle groups. >> reporter: and follow an injury prevention program,

simple exercises to condition growing bodies. >> they're not fancy, they just balance out the muscle groups. >> reporter: rest at least one day a week and limit high expense tee workouts to an hour a day. the doctor says don't forget, sports should be fun. >> when kids are having fun, they want to play sports. when they stop having fun, that's when they're more likely to be injured. >> reporter: take it from abe on his path to recovery. >> if you want to make your injury better, you have to take it easy and do your stretches. >> reporter: now playing smarter, so he can play longer. vicky nguyen, "today in the bay." >> interesting stuff to keep in mind, keep everybody healthy and out of the trainer's office. it's 5:27. masked bandits strike in the bay area. we'll hear from one woman who was attacked and tell you why the animals may not be caught for at least a week. and the latest on the cruise ship stranded at sea and the attempts to bring the thousands on board back to solid ground.

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from nbc bay area, reporting what matters to you, this is "today in the bay." good morning once again. the time is 5:30. i'm brent cannon. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we want to get started with a quick look at the forecast with rob. >> and the forecast this morning, well, we're still dealing with scattered showers. we're going to see winds picking up this afternoon. you're going to want to keep the jacket with you throughout the day. temperatures as we pass lunchtime, upper 50s to maybe mid-60s out there. winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. but this morning along the coast there, still seeing a little rain around half moon bay. that could be adding to issues on the roads this morning. >> there you go. make sure that folks lower the speeds just a little bit because of slick roadways and low visibility in spots. here there's an issue that you can clearly see because of all the flashing lights. southbound 880 at thornton avenue, the off-ramp heading to the eastbound direction of thornton is closed because of an earlier accident. i told you about a spinout on

the clover leaf so use dakoto or stevenson. light volume going through fremont, still at the limit. masked bandits are on the attack in the east bay. the victim is a woman walking her dog. the attackers are raccoons. the attacks happened near a popular park. christie smith is live in alameda. this is not the first time raccoons have attacked in that area. >> reporter: no. we're hearing this is the ninth attack so far this year and they all involve people who were walking small dogs. there is a dog park right near where we're standing. when you listen to the stories, these raccoons sound pretty mean. one woman says that she felt some eyes peering at her and then she says four more raccoons dropped down from the trees and came after her. this is near washington park with her little 20-pound yorkie named doogie about 11:00 p.m.

sunday. she said doogie started barking wildly. the woman tried to get away but she fell down. the dog tried to fight off the four raccoons. she was down covering her face when one raccoon bit her leg and broke the skin. >> i start running. then four other raccoons dropped out of these trees and started chasing me down the street. >> reporter: now, the raccoons look something like the ones that you see here. she said she was screaming and was able to hail a police officer. doogie was scratched but is okay. apparently the raccoons have become aggressive looking for food in garbage cans and are running out of places to live. rachel tells us she'll be getting rabies treatments as a precaution. we're told that traps may eventually be set. christie smith, "today in the bay." new this morning, rescue efforts are still under way for

a cruise ship and thousands of passengers who are adrift in the waters south of san diego. the carnival cruise ship splendor hasn't been so splendorous. it's been without power since early monday because of an engine fire. planes loaded with supplies flew in from san diego to make air drop deliveries of food and water. >> right now it's like bread, there's cups, there's utensils, frozen milk, canned goods. easy-to-make items that are served cold. >> no ice sculptures. right now tugboats are towing the splendor back to san diego. it could arrive sometime tonight or early tomorrow. passengers on the ship are going to get a free cruise and a full refund. well, it looks like south bay congressman jerry mcnerney will keep his seat but it was an extremely close race. the votes are still being counted, but mcnerney has gained significant ground now over gop rival david harmer in the race

for the 11th congressional district seat. the latest ballot tally shows mcnerney now leads by almost 2300 votes. it was at about 121 for a while there, but he's gained some ground and widened that margin. the winner could be announced very soon. concede or else. that's what the city of santa clara is telling its employees. the city is trying to live in the black and is demanding wage and benefit cuts. the alternative is layoffs. kris sanchez is live on the ultimatum that could give more than 80 city workers the boot. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this is really a tough choice. consider trying to decide what's best for you for you and your paycheck versus what's doing the best thing for your employee group as a whole. that is the difficult choice that santa clara employees are facing today. the city council last night told them to accept a 5% pay cut or accept 10% of the workers will be out of a job altogether. that adds up to about 82 people

from all departments from police and fire to the library. the union workers have 30 days to make this decision. if they don't choose the 5% pay cut or the 12 furlough days and a pay raise they're supposed to get next month, foregoing that, the council will issue pink slips. the city council says there's no other way. the employees say even if they're replaced with contract workers, the people of santa clara, their quality of life is going to change. >> as needed, the employees are going to become the face of the city instead of permanent employees. >> it is not something to be adopted as a bargaining chip, particularly when it's not needed. this ultimately could undermine the concession bargaining that's already going on in good faith. >> but if we can't get those concessions, then this is our only option because we can't -- we don't have the money to continue operating the city at the same level that we are now.

>> reporter: the deputy city manager reports that three of the management bargaining units have agreed to the wage concessions. the rest have about 30 days to figure it out. if the pink slips do in fact go out in december, then those workers, about 82 of them will be out of a job come january 8th. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." you can get a free flu shot in the east bay today. contra costa health services is offering the vaccinations in nine cities today. you don't need health insurance and anybody can come. the clinics will be held from 1:00 this afternoon until 7:00 this evening in richmond, concord, martinez, lafayette, also in danville, pittsburg, antioch and brentwood. this year's vaccine will provide immunity to the h1n1 virus known as the bird flu and two other strains of flou u in a single s. nasal spray is available but those are only for healthy people between the ages of 2 and

49 and people who are not pregnant. the bay area could get another bridge. a special committee will meet today to consider whether to pay up to $400,000 just to study the idea, however. building a new span south of the bay bridge and noth of the san mateo bridge. they already considered the idea back in 2002 but the estimated $8 billion price tag put that on the back burner. if approved, the study could take two years. don't get excited, there's not going to be a new bridge any time soon, that's for sure. actually we'll focus on the slow one heading away from the bay bridge just north of the richmond-san rafael bridge. eastbound 80 at san pablo dam road had two lanes blocked but the accident is on the shoulder. the commute direction westbound past that scene smooth from highway 4 in through berkeley and emeryville. the backup has started for

antioch right on schedule there for a through g over to horizon. but a little slower as well coming off of the antioch bridge so expect some additional traffic into pittsburg and bay point over the next few minutes. we still have the off-ramp closed southbound 880 at thornton avenue because of an earlier accident. a car went off the roadway at that cloverleaf. no attribution to the wet weather but you do want to watch those wet roadways, at least for the morning. >> we're seeing still some areas of showers around the bay area and that's probably adding to issues for your morning drive. right now san francisco not seeing any showers, 55 degrees. a little breezy. no wind in san jose, 52. into oakland, also 52 degrees. in terms of what's left of the showers, you can see a few offshore right around half moon bay heading down toward pacifica and santa cruz, a few scattered showers. and showers now pushing away from morgan hill. if you're heading up to the high country, lots of snow. the snow is close to 5500 feet to 6,000 feet and that's continuing throughout the day.

northwest winds picking up later on this afternoon will help clear out our skies but won't help warm us up. 50s to low 60s for highs today. good news for veterans day plans tomorrow, dry weather and warmer. 70s coming back as we make our way through the weekend. back to you. it's 5:39 right now. tina fey gets an honor that only two other women before have ever received. we'll tell you about her prestigious honor next. and fired over a facebook post. why one woman's fight could have an impact on your relationship with your boss. and an ivy league school offering four years of free education to any student who qualifies. we'll tell you what has to be done to get in on the deal. reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the bay" with laura garcia-cannon, brent cannon, business and technology with scott mcgrew and traffic with mike inouye.

good morning, everybody. a live look outside at the bay bridge and we can tell by the camera we've got a little wind out there. in fact some folks woke up to pretty decent rain too overnight. temperatures looking pretty cool. we'll wrap it all up and get your forecast in a few. there's even more legal wrangling over social media and the workplace. the fight is over whether you can be fired for posting not-so-nice things about your boss. tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c. the national labor relations board is now involved, i understand? >> reporter: they certainly are and that's why we're following this so closely in washington. this is a case where a connecticut woman had some complaints about her work. the company was investigating. she asked for a union rep. we're told she was denied. then she went home and posted some not-so-kind words about her supervisor on her own personal facebook page from home, on her

home computer. lots of co-workers responded in support. when she got back to work she was suspended and then fired. now, the company says it was because of the complaints against her. however, they do have a policy that they're standing by that you can not make disparaging remarks about that company, and the national labor relations board said that's just way too broad because there is a law that protects workers, union or not, from retaliation from these types of comments. you can in the break room, in someone's home, in a restaurant, you can talk about your work conditions even if it's critical of management. so those are the two sides at this point. there is a hearing scheduled for the 25th of january. the nlrb has decided to represent this worker on her claim. they filed a claim on her behalf. this is the first social media case that they have been involved with, and it may be a case of the government keeping up with technology in terms of

when and where you can make these types of comments about your workplace. >> very interesting. they could look at this case for many years to come. thanks so much. new this morning, president obama has wrapped up his short stay in indonesia. he and the first lady took off on air force one. the president had to cut that visit short because of an erupting volcano in the area. it's spewing ash and gas high into the air, causing a lot of airlines to cancel flights over concerns about safety. the death toll, by the way, has now climbed to 191 people. the president's next stop on his asia tour is seoul, south korea, where he will take part in the g-20 summit. more fallout from jumbo jets after a scare last week. singapore airlines has now pulled three of its a-380 jets from service. crews have been inspecting the engines after one of them exploded on a qantas airlines flight last week.

qantas grounded its a-380s and now singapore airlines say they have found oil stains in three of their engines as well. similar leaks were found in other a-380s and that seems to be the problem. planes in melbourne, sydney and london are now going to be flown empty back to singapore so they can be fitted with new engines. a mystery contrail in the skies of southern california still a mystery this morning. what was it that people saw in the skies? some say a missile. others think it could have been an optical illusion. bob redell is in our satellite center with more on the story that has everyone talking. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura. it has the government scratching their head trying to figure out exactly what it was that was seen over the skies monday evening over southern california. you're looking at screen grabs from video taken by a newschopper that was taking some

beauty shots, as we call them in the biz, of the sunsetting over the pacific ocean. it appears to be a missile launch are they caught on tape. you can see the plume of smoke there, the shiny red glow which could have been from a rocket. the u.s. military says they have no indication that there was a missile launched, not by us, being the united states, and not by a foreign government. was it a private company? they don't believe that was the case either. the faa reviewed their radar recordings and didn't see any fast-moving objects. so the other prevailing theory is this was a jumbo jet, which to the naked eye doesn't make sense because this contrail appears to be going straight up into the sky and that's not how jumbo jets fly. coming up we'll delve into that

theory and explain how that optical illusion could have happened. >> kind of? kind of delve in? thanks. now, "today in the bay" traffic with mike inouye. >> good morning, folks. 5:47 this morning. let's take a look and see, we have the east shore freeway and the approach to the bay bridge where traffic moves pretty smoothly. we had an earlier accident eastbound at powell. that cleared as well as further north at san pablo dam road. an accident there off to the shoulder. approaching the toll plaza, you'll see things slow. not a whole lot going on. more cars heading off of 880 and 580. some puddles still. so a note for folks driving, you might still have slick roadways. south bay where we saw the rain linger for a bit, no major flooding record. there might be some people dancing in the rain but there's a spinout on the northbound side blocking one lane. >> that's one of the few spots we're still seeing a few

scattered showers around the santa cruz mountains. otherwise a cool start to the morning. 40s and 50s. in terms of the showers, there's a few along highway 1. mike just pointed out highway 17, a few spotty showers at times. a few more around morgan hill but most of the action is heading off to the east and really this is going to be the last of the showers for quite some time. we'll see temperatures as we go through the afternoon today. once these showers clear out, 40s and 50s for breakfast time. lunchtime testimonies running cool, highs only in the upper 50s to low 60s. so kind of blustery outside. but veterans day and beyond we dry out and warm up. 70s coming back as we roll toward the weekend. back to you. new this morning, the state of washington may ban alcoholic energy drinks. the governor will hold a news conference this morning to talk about the plan. it comes after nine college students in washington were hospitalized after drinking the highly alcoholic and sugary drinks at an off-campus party.

many were drinking a malt liquor called four loco. the makers of the drink say party goers may have been drinking other types of alcohol as well. jury deliberations could begin today in the trial of a guantanamo bay detainee. he is being tried in new york city, accused of conspiring to bomb u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania back in 1998. the bombings killed 224 people, including a dozen americans and wounded thousands of other people. the defense attorney says his client was, quote, used by al qaeda which claimed responsibility for that attack. the prosecution says that he played a key role in securing trucks and other materials that were used in the tanzania bombing. cholera is now a national security issue in haiti this morning. the epidemic has spread to the country's capital, meaning that three million people living there are in danger. at least half of those people are living in unsanitary tent

camps. tests confirm that a 3-year-old boy in one of the tent camps has cholera. more than 100 other suspected cases are being tested in the capital city. outgoing house speaker nancy pelosi has an op-ed piece in "usa today." she highlights her party's accomplishments and says that the midterm elections are, quote, reflecting the genuine frustration of the american people. pelosi will lose her position as speaker of the house in january as republicans take control of congress. it's 5:51 right now. we're talking about this earlier, president obama has arrived in south korea for the g-20 summit. he just got out of indonesia in time. >> reporter: we were just monitoring that volcano shutting down air traffic again. the president arrived in seoul early evening their time, the third stop on a four-nation asian tour. we'll meet with finance ministers from 19 other countries as they meet for the g-20 summit. here's the head of the united nations arriving for that same meeting.

now, there are the usual protests, but nothing unusual. one of the big controversies is actually among the economists as to whether the american move to increase the number of dollars in the economy is hypocritical. we've been telling other countries we don't like how they're devaluing their currency, so that's going to be an awkward meeting. also there will be new rules set for banks worldwide about how much money they have to keep in reserve. a lot of people don't realize that banks, even american banks, are given rules set by international committee. >> we should all probably do the same. thank you very much. lots of local non-profits are looking for volunteers. this year it will be easier for people to find the right match. the oakland city center and volunteer center of the east bay are teaming up to help people looking to donate their time to a worthwhile nonprofit whose mission they support. they're holding a volunteer fair in the oakland city center plaza in downtown oakland from 11:00 to 1:00 today. >> a lot of people want the

opportunity at the start of the holidays to go to a charity, help out in whatever fashion, in whatever type of organization they're familiar with and would like to help. >> some of the local nonprofits participating include habitat for humanity, the space and science center, wardrobe for opportunity and the alameda county food bank. the fair will also feature live music and prizes for volunteers. good news on the job front this morning. another major airline is hiring. u.s. airways says it will hire 80 pilots and 420 flight attendants in the coming months. it also says that after calling back employees, it is expected to have no flight attendants on its furlough list and no more than 100 pilots on the furlough list. a number of carriers say they're going to add workers this year and next year as they recover from the sharp job cuts that began back in 2008. companies are finding new

and sneaky ways trying to get you to do business with them. debt consolidation companies are trying to get new clients by sending text messages asking people to respond to a survey. but when you try to do the survey, you actually get connected to a debt expert, who then tries to convince you to use their company's products. recent laws have restricted how debt consolidation companies can contact clients, so the companies are now trying to stay legal by calling the texts surveys. you may be able to get an ivy league education for free, but you have to jump through a few hoops to get it. yale university and the city of new haven, connecticut, are teaming up for four years of tuition free for students who qualify. here are the terms. you have to be at least a "b" average student, do 40 hours of community service and have a 90% high school attendance rate. oh, by the way, you have to live in new haven. but for some kids, this deal

could be an inspiration. >> it's motivation for the younger generation to work hard so they can get into college. >> yale university is pledging more than $4 million to that program. new haven students can also get full tuition at any public university or college in the state if they qualify. >> with triplets, we'll be moving to new haven. former oakland a's slugger frank thomas has decided to enter the music industry. thomas has a new label. he's the founder and ceo for w-2 w which stands for will to win. he started undeniable entertainment back in the '90s. start stocking up on chocolate. there are rumblings that we could be headed to a chocolate shortage. two problems have combined to raise the concerns. first the increase in demand for chocolate and, second, a drought in western africa and unrest in the ivory coast. those areas are the world's p

biggest cocoa producers. experts say the markets have factored in the supply issues. however, if there are any more major changes or things that could affect the market, we might see prices really increase in the shortage of chocolate. tina fey says being in washington, d.c., to receive the mark twain award for comedy is like a big wedding. she says it really blows her mind that legends like steve martin and betty white are paying her tribute. >> what do you think of the honor you're getting? >> it's crazy. >> you don't think you deserve it? [ inaudible ] >> she is the youngest to be honored with the award. she is the third woman to receive it after lily tomlin and whoopi goldberg. people are on the lookout for raccoons who attacked a woman and her dog. find out why a full-blown search

is not starting right away. one south bay city could layoff more than 80 people. see what workers have to do to try to save their jobs. and a live look outside the south bay this morning. drying out a little bit after this overnight rain. we'll check your traffic and your forecast coming up. [ male announcer ] come for lunch at sizzler and choose from malibu, lemon herb,

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