investigators will start their search at sunrise coming up in a live report. plus, dreams of college getting dimmer for tens of thousands of high schoolers. the new estimates are released by one college system. i think part of the problem was how it was handled in terms of dealing with the victim and the heroic women that rescued this woman. >> and we talked to the new santa clara district attorney about his plan to carry out a controversial campaign promise. jeff rossen takes on one of the most high-profile rape cases of the past decade. and a live look outside this morning. this is the beautiful bay bridge. a clear, clear morning. we'll check in with christina on temperatures and talk about the wind this january 20th, 2011.

good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. here's a look at your morning forecast. and we'll go to mike inouye as you forecast our traffic. there's the camera. christina, take it for now. there's your map. >> hey. if you are not off to a good start this morning, i bet you are now. temperaturewise, we are in the 50s in san jose. 53 in san francisco. by noon you are taking your lunch break in the 60s in sunnyvale. san jose, 61 at noon. we'll end up close to 70 today. a little breezy. we'll go into detail as to how long the beautiful conditions will last coming up. back to you. >> i'll take it from here. we do have an issue aside from the other issues we are talking about. we have an accident on northbound 101 at ellis street. there were major injuries reported as a result of this

accident because of cuts to the face of the driver. still some cleanup going on. and the car is there. you'll have slowing passing to the northbound side. southbound side from moffett. chp will do a traffic break after one of the cars involved in the accident did hit a barrier knocking concrete to the south side. despite that, the south bay is moving smoothly. back to you. thank you very much. it has been nearly two days and still no sign of a 4-year-old boy allegedly snatched from his grandmother's arms by his mother's ex-boyfriend. marla tellez is live this morning. some family members say the investigation is bringing them to a canal this morning. >> reporter: that's right. the suspect's mother is said to live here in san jose, but because he has family all throughout california the amber alert is still a statewide search this morning. but this morning investigators will once again focus on the delta mandota canal.

after getting a tip from someone who said they saw a car go into the canal, the officials searched it yesterday. they did find a car, but late last night the sheriff confirms it is not the suspect's car. the search for 4-year-old giuliani cardinas starting tuesday afternoon when his mother's ex-boyfriend, 27-year-old jose esteban rodriguez, grabbed him from his grandmother's arms and took off in a silver toyota corolla. this happened in paterson 85 miles east of san jose. rodriguez is considered to be armed and dangerous. he has a criminal history, including a 1999 manslaughter conviction. still, giuliani's mother is keeping a positive outlook. >> he had a great relationship with my son, i don't think he would hurt him, which is a good thing. that's keeping my hopes up that

my son will come home safe. >> reporter: tabitha cardinas is eight months pregnant with the man's baby as well. investigators will dive back into the canal today, but in a different area looking for any sign of the suspect and 4-year-old giuliani. now, in the meantime, drivers are being asked to keep an eye out for that silver toyota corolla. california license plate number 6hbw445. if you see that car or know anything about this case, you are asked to call 911 immediately. live in san jose this morning, marla tellez, "today in the bay." thank you, marla. a rash of armed robberies in one of the safest communities on the peninsula had police and citizens concerned this morning. palo alto police hosted a packed community meeting last night to i form residents about a spree of robberies in their

neighborhood. police say there have been more than 20 robberies in the past four months. and most did involve a gun. so they are urging people to cooperate should they become a victim. 74-year-old louis herman says she was robbed right in front of her house. >> the next thing is i heard some very bad words coming from this guy. he repeated them a number of times basically telling us he would kill us both and blow our heads off. >> investigators say that the robbers are striking all over town. so it is difficult to know where to send their extra patrols. police have made eight arrests that are connected to six robbery cases. and the department is still offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to more arrests and convictions. it is 5:05 right now. police on the peninsula hope $40,000 will help solve a 3-year-old murder case. officers in san mateo are trying to figure out who killed a manager at a tgifriday's restaurant. the restaurant's accountant

found the man dead when arriving for work back in january of 2008. investigators believe the man died from massive head injuries. they aren't sure if robbery was a motive for the murder. a deadly fire at a long-term care facility is stoking concerns about allowing patients to smoke in the building without supervision. two days before christmas a patient allegedly dropped a cigarette which caught his gown on fire. that happened at the burlingame long-term care facility. and the examiner's report back from 2004 showed a patient flicking her cigarette off a patio starting a fire in the vacant lot below. after that fire the state warned the facility for letting people smoke unsupervised. now, the county says it does have a plan in place but would not discuss the december 23rd fire citing patient confidentiality rules. the uc regents will wrap up their southern california meeting today and the news is not good. the president says it looks like

20 to 30,000 qualified students will be turned away in the next school term. he also says the uc system will have to layoff employees and offer fewer courses to deal with the projected $1 billion shortfall. the state plans to cut uc funding next year by $500 million. uc's system is also dealing with expenses such as higher salaries, rising energy and pension costs. lieutenant governor gavin newsom will be at today's meeting. a peninsula substance abuse treatment program is celebrating its anniversary and the life of its founder gunned down last year. the free at last program in palo alto will host an open house and a 12-step meeting to market its 17th anniversary today. that event a will also pay tribute to david lewis. he was shot and killed last june, june 9, in the hilldale parking lot in san mateo. the shooting suspect is one of

lewis' childhood friends who entered a not guilty plea. students in san francisco should be all smiles today. no, it is not picture day, but it is respect week. the week is designed to help kids focus on diversity, conflict resolution and prevention. the middle schoolchildren will be encouraged to smile all over campus at each other. this is part of the school district's violent presense month. probably something everyone should do. let's go to mike to see what's going on. >> my kids already have the cheesy smile. we'll look up the roadway. we are looking at a little slowing southbound at 280 approaching 92. a disabled vehicle reported in the area, but on the northbound side it should be cleared. i'll continue to follow that portion of san mateo.

meanwhile, the rest of the city and the commute is moving nicely. 92 through the hills and 101 coming off this interchange, no major issues heading over the water. here's a live look with headlights coming off the peninsula side. you can see those lights over the high-rise as well. a very clear morning. the wind is not an issue so far, but there are gusts here and there. we'll take you to the east bay with travel times moving nicely. 880 and 580 were slowing in the westbound direction through oxland yesterday around the 9:00 hour. we'll watch for that again. >> let's see that smile one more time. okay, that's enough. >> that's nice. i bet christina loren doesn't have any bad pictures. >> what was that? >> good morning to you. that's more out of my character than the big grin. things are looking good right now. we are so clear. clear as a bell out there. no fog to worry about. we are starting out nice and mild. we have a bit of wind that we'll be concerned with later today. the high pressure is firmly in

control. actually, it is driving some winds offshore. we've got warm downsloping winds out of the northeast. they are drying out and warming up as they head out to sea making for a pretty mild start. as we are warming up right now, already, i think you're really going to enjoy daytime highs today. the sun is not up yet. as soon as it comes up, we'll see temperatures climb to the 70 degree mark. 67 today in places like fairfield and los gatos. 66 in san jose. 66 in santa rosa. 70 in santa cruz. and the big news is temperatures are actually going to get a little warmer as we head into tomorrow. they will drop off just a little bit. we are staying nice and dry and warm throughout the weekend. guys, we are so close to the weekend. so close. >> you can taste it. >> yeah. the time is 5:10. a local zoo is getting a new addition today. we'll see what and who is new there. and 15 years later we will show you what's being done to

honor the nation's 35th president on the anniversary of his inauguration. and a live look outside this morning. take a peek back at san francisco this morning. mike has an eye on your commute. it looks pretty good at that spot right now, but you know how it goes throughout the morning. he'll have updates for you coming up. hold on, sharon!

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good morning, everybody. welcome back. a live looking shot at san jose. nice and clear. in fact, it is very clear around the bay area. very little fog to report. a lot of sunshine later on today. christine will tell you how hot and warm it will be coming up in a little bit. ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> 15 years ago today newly-inaugurated president john f. kennedy gave the country that channel, and today congressional leaders will try to launch an

outreach program to reengage america's youth. the late president's daughter will also formally launch the website jfk50.org. lawmakers will also meet at the rotunda this afternoon for a tribute to the former president's legacy. jeff rossen is now the district attorney of the biggest county in the bay area. he was officially sworn in as santa clara d.a. last night. how he's going to get down to business today. as "today in the bay's" guard vin thomas tells us, he'll take on one of the most controversial cases to shake the south bay that the d.a. before him wouldn't touch. >> reporter: tonight may have been jeff rossen east public swearing? as santa clara' us inest district attorney, but he's been on the job for a couple weeks now. still, rossen should be getting used to doing things out of order. he was not declared the winner in the race for d.a. until three

days after election day. it was that close. >> that three days, it was a long three days. >> reporter: but when it was over, rossen, a deputy district attorney defeated the incumbent, his very own boss. the first time in a lifetime that has happened. during the campaign rossen accused carr of many things, poor judgment, poor ethic, but one charge in particular stood out. that she botched the deangelis sexual assault case. it led rossen to make a specific campaign promise. >> what i promised is that we would look very carefully at the case and see if there are charges we could file. >> reporter: the deanza case involved 15 boys raping a teenager girl only stopping after three girls interrupted. no criminal charges requester filed. carr determined too much alcohol drunk by too many people

including the victim made a conviction unlikely. >> i think part of the problem with the deanza case was how it was handled in terms of dealings with the victim and the heroic women that rescued this woman. >> reporter: rossen says now he's boss and wants a civil matter is over, he'll fulfill his promise. he knows if charges are eventually filed critics will target him now saying this wasn't justice but politics. >> certainly, you know, if we filed charges people can say it is politically motivated. if we don't file charges, we can say that's politically motivatedment. what's going to guide me is what the evidence is. so what i promise to do and what we'll do is review the investigation, test all of the evidence, and then report back to the public either by filing  charges, which speaks for itself, or if not filing charges explaining why.

>> reporter: of course, rossen plans to work on more than just this one case. he intends to bring back santa clara's cold case unit dismantled under carr. he also plans to expand the conviction integrity unit, one that seeks to prevent or reverse wrongful can convictions in the county. garvin thomas, "today in the bay." nintendo is showing off the latest kid creation, a 3-d version of the old game boy. it is not even gadget friday. scott mcgrew has more. >> i'm sure we'll get it early to show it off. there's talk here. you may hear parents talking about this. it could be dangerous, this new device, for kids' eyes. nintendo is ultra cautious. the company issued this warning it shouldn't be played for kids under the age of 6. no direct evidence is going to cause any damage. nintendo is super cautious. its games come with a warning all the time. you have to agree to something before playing it.

it dates back to the old pokemon video games that caused epileptic fits in a tiny amount of players. anyway, the games will hit store shelves in march. remarkable technology. you may also hear about a kid study that says more young kids know how to play angry birds on the iphone than now hoe to ride a bike. the study done in europe took a look at young kids age 2 to 5 and found out they were more confident with technology using a smartphone or computer mouse than what the study calls real life skills like bike riding or swimming. the study was conducted by avg, a dutch technology company. and i happen to know a young man named jack who is very, very good with smartphone. >> it is crazy. >> that's scary. >> thank you very much, scott. the next time you go to the san francisco zoo you may want to check out the newest baby who

will make a statement today. an infant giant ant eater will be on display this afternoon. there's a picture of the little guy. mom and baby have been bonding in private since he was born on december 22nd. zoo keepers will now put him out for the public. they don't know the sex yet so they have not given him a name. nice ears. the baby arrived on his mother's back until he can walk. >> that's interesting, isn't it? 5:20 right now. we'll take a look at the forecast. hopefully it is beautiful. >> it is beautiful. i have a question for both of you. why don't anteaters ever get sick? >> i feel a knock-knock joke coming up. >> it is a good one. because they are full of antibodies. i'll keep my day job. you don't have to tell me twice. 53 degrees.

i'll tell you one thing, jack could beat me in a foot race any day. 40 degrees in san mateo right now. we have beautiful conditions. and these conditions are going to stick around for quite some time. we are talking about some down-sloping winds keeping us nice and mild this morning. and the winds will pick up this afternoon making driving difficult on your way home from work, especially if you are driving a high-profile vehicle. 67 degrees in santa rosa today. 70 in santa cruz. and, yes, we are in the heart of winter. so this is very abnormal to see temperatures like this this time of the year. but we'll take it so close to the weekend with plentiful sunshine on tap for us. back to you guys. thank you so much. >> it is 5:21. mike is coming up next with a look at your morning commute before you head out the door this morning. and a selfless act of kindness. what this 9-year-old boy did in the wake of the tucson shooting that has brought him national attention. plus, filing suit against the governor. why one family is taking on

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good morning, folks. we have an injury reports at northbound 101 at elle street. we have heard the driver received cuts to his face.

and he was taken away from the scene. the cleanup is still continuing there. that actually caused concrete to be knocked into the southbound. we'll see a sweeper truck, but it has not yet arrived. you'll see slowing up to moffett because of that sweeper work. otherwise, the south bay is moving. northbound 87 at 280 coming through downtown, we have construction still going on at the connector. it should be clearing over the next 20 minutes. no major slowing throughout san jose. an earlier disabled vehicle we showed you on southbound 280 is cleared at 92. back to you. thank you very much. well, a very touching story from tucson after hearing what happened to congresswoman gabrielle giffords. a young boy raised what money he could from classmates and donated it to her. this 9-year-old named isaac rounded up toys and sold them to other students. he managed to raise $2.85.

as he put that in an envelope and sent it to congresswoman giffords and her husband mark kelly. both were touched by his gesture. >> i felt bad for her, so i started grabbing little toys and putting them in my backpack and selling them at school to raise money to put in the card. >> isaac originally got into trouble selling toys to his classmates but school leaders made an exception in this case. what a big heart. >> absolutely. time now is 5:26. stunning results after a new commute time across the country comes out. you may be surprised about where the bay area rankles. an an emotional plea in one bay area school district. we'll tell you what the school board is looking at today. plus, a look at the invention that could change the way you drink beer. we are taking a live look outside. look at the moon glowing in all of its greatness at the bottom

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new this morning, is your commute getting any easier? a new study shows bay area traffic is no longer among the absolute worst in the entire country, but the reasons why may surprise you. i'm christie smith, we'll talk about that in a live report. new information this morning about the 2002 death of a

stanford graduate student at the hand of al qaeda. please don't let the audiences fears play into your decision. >> a play that uses the n-word. we'll tell you why students say they defend their work. a life look outside this morning. it is a little windy as we look at the bay bridge. we'll check in with christina to explain it all to us. it is thursday, january 20th, "today in the bay." good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we'll go to christina right now. is the weather an optical illusion. it is windy out there looking at that shot. the winds will be a factor today considering yesterday we had very light winds. i think you will notice a difference, but the winds are actually warming us up as they push from land to sea.

dry down-sloping winds are keeping temperatures in the 50s. as you take your lunch break, we are already above our average highs for this time of the year. 60 degrees at noon in sunnyvale. turning over to closer to 70 degrees all across the bay area later on today. we'll tell you why this is happening and how long it will last coming up. right now we'll send it back to you, brent and laura. thank you very much. 5:31 this morning. federal investigators say they have no doubt that the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks personally beheaded wall street journal report and stanford graduate daniel pearl. khalid shaikh mohammed is the person slitting daniel's throat. they used vein-matching technology to match the hands of mohammed.

he does not deny killing pearl in 2002. back to square one for investigators trying to find a 4-year-old boy abducted triggering a statewide amber alert. investigators did get a tip yesterday of a car similar to the alleged kidnapper's spotted driving into the delta mendota canal. investigators found that it belonged to somebody else and was not connected to the search for 4-year-old jewel thannee giuliani cardinas. the boy's alleged father took him from his grandmother's arms on tuesday. investigators will continue to search the crew today. i'm sorry is not good enough for a concord couple taking legal action against arnold schwarzenegger today. the company will file a lawsuit this afternoon accusing schwarzenegger of violating their constitutional rights. before leaving office schwarzenegger commuted the sentence of esteban nunez without notify iing the family.

nunez was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of their son. schwarzenegger has apologized to the santos family for not telling them in advance. public defenders in san francisco are now questioning whether new district attorney and former police chief george gaskill can stay impartial in cases involve iing a high-profi officer. gaskone defending the officer's actions while he was chief. he allegedly stabbed another officer on january 4th. at the time gaskone said the shooting appeared to be appropriate and lawful. candidates to become san francisco's next police chief must face the fact that they could be out of a job before the end of the year. the police commission plans to

interview candidates and then recommend up to three of them to interim mayor ed lee by march. mayor lee has to choose somebody else. san francisco elects a new mayor in november. and that mayor will then end up deciding who could serve as the city's permanent police chief. so it is possible that over the course of the year san francisco could have as many as four different police chiefs. a press conference in vallejo where the city manager is expected to announce his plans to balance the books and start a new chapter for the bankrupt city. vallejo filed for bankruptcy in 2008. the city then cut 65 police officers and shut down three fire stations. the city manager bill bachelor hopes to save the city millions by paying only 5% to 20% of the debt owed to creditors consistenting mostly of current and former city employees. the press conference kicks off at 10:00 at vallejo city hall. the mount diablo district

school leaders have their hands full after emotional pleas from parents and schools not to close their schools. people packed the theater at north gate high school to voice their feelings. >> i bet nobody ever asked what the kids thought. well, this is what i think. clearly this would be one of the worst ideas ever. >> the advisory committee decided to close three schools. the three scenarios include closing glen brooke middle school and silverwood and holbrooke elementaries in concord or closing green brooke and silverwood and ren avenue elementary in concord. the board could choose lawn and garden and sequoia elementary and sequoia middle school in pleasant hill. the board has to choose one of the first two options. the district will vote on which schools to close february 8. the east bay humane society ravaged by fire will celebrate a reopening today. the berkeley humane society will host an open house to show off

its rebuilt portion of the fire-damaged building. the public is invited particularly animal lovers. you may also adopt a furry animal and take one home. about a dozen cats died in the fire that took place and many dogs and cats were rescued. a new report out this morning concerned your commute. it is full of good and bad news. christie smith is live in livermore with more on what that report says. christie? >> reporter: depending on where your commute is in the bay area, you may want to debate this one. but a new study shows traffic is improving in the bay area. no longer among the top five worst in the entire country. it has now slipped down to number six. that's according to the texas transportation institute looking into this time of thing for 30 years. so that's the good news. traffic is improving. now, the not-so good. there are questions as to whether this has ties to the weak economy. maybe there are fewer people

even drying driving into work. another theory more positive is this is tied to transportation improvements in the bay area like new carpool lanes and highway widening projects that have been going on. for instance, a new carpool lane on interstate 80 in solano county. the new bypass and metering lights in eastern alameda county this morning as well. even so, some researchers warn that with california's economy gaping traction, gridlock will come right back, maybe as bad as it was three or four years ago. for now, we'll take what we can get. the bay area is out of the top five for the first time in 28 years. reporting live in livermore, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> kind of funny the one thing you don't want to be in the top five for. >> that's right. we are dropping down in the poll, that's a good thing. it is 5:37. we want to check the commute right now with mike. >> good morning, guys. we'll talk a little bit about the area aligned with christie's report right now. we'll look at antioch.

highway 4 sees slowing right on schedule. look at that down at 31. we talked about this an hour ago. you can see it on the map. highway 4 has seen a little bit of lighter volume with traffic. the economy may be improving, but we are seeing slowing there. we have improvements to the roadway there with lighter volume heading to 580 where we see the slowing in the commute direction. we have seen that build over the last year. more slowing through livermore and in towards that interchange. down through sunol and 680, we had added the express lane. there's the incline from sunol to fremont. we'll see that continue to slow the next 20 minutes. back to you. clear as a bell out there. but that means you'll need the shades this morning. especially if you are headed east. we are looking good right now. high pressure is firmly in control of our weather pattern. it is not budging. and for us that's kind of good news for this time of the year because we'll see beautiful days as we head through the next five or six days it looks like.

now, what's happening is you can see this clockwise rotation. what's happening is it is driving winds offshore. the wind are able to warm as they push from land to sea. so this morning we are starting out really mild with temperatures in the 50s. and we have absolutely no fog to report. so it is just one of those mornings where we know as the sun comes up it will start to warm us up rapidly. and with the winds in addition to that it will be a pretty nice day. a little bit breezy and gusty this evening as you make your way home. take it easy through the mountain passes. 50 degrees right now in hayward. 52 in sunnyvale. turning over to the 60s as we head into your lunch break hour. and then heading home from work we are talking about 70 degrees in santa cruz today. 6 for santa rosa, 67 for an santa rosa. 70 in oakland. 69 for the tri-valley. san francisco, temperatures will be close to 65 degrees tomorrow. so, yeah, you may want to get

outside with those clippers. >> come on over. 5:39. controversial comments bay radio host rush limbaugh. we'll tell you why a senator is now calling for an apology. and sparks are starting to fly. we'll show you what happened here. and i'm bob redell. it is amazing the kind of technology we have considering where we started. coming up, we'll take you through a walk of the first 2,000 years of computing. that's coming up live from mountain view. a live look outside from the south bay this morning where, again, it is fairly clear both in terms of the skies and the roads. we'll check in on traffic and weather coming up.

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the time is 5:42. a live look outside this morning at some of the roads that you might see nobody on, which is good news. look at that, nothing but green lights, too. i don't know where this is -- a thoroughfare somewhere. i'm not positive where. it is a good one to be on. we'll check the commute all morning long. some folks set resolutions at the beginning of the year. how is your resolution going if you set it to lose weight? a huge percentage of people set that one. here are some wellness tips from usa today. they suggest that you set a goal, track your progress and motivate yourself by buying some skinny jeans. then walk or bike two to four hours a week. i wouldn't do that in your skinny jeans, but it could help

you shed five pounds a year. the nation used california as a state with rules in place for everything from what's in a happy meal to how to get rid of trash. tracy potts is live in washington, d.c., with a look at what the golden state is doing to help us stop smoking. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in the united states there are not a lot of areas, including california, that are doing very well when it comes to smoking prevention efforts. we have a new report out from the american lung association that talks about the progress we are making nationally and in california. so let's take a look at the numbers. in the united states according to the association, we spend $192 billion a year on smoking-related efforts of almost 400,000 deaths occur because of smoking. in this report so many states fail to get a good grade.

that mainly comes from the tobacco control act. that new legislation kicked in last summer. how is california doing? california's economic impact is $18 billion over 36,000 residents dying as a result of smoking last year. when it comes to prevention efforts, california got an "f" like many other states. overall, california got a "d." one challenge for california was prop 26 which among other tax initiatives is going to restrict the ability of cities like san jose to charge tobacco companies for cleanup and other efforts. that's one of the reasons that the american lung association says california has got some room for growth. laura? >> thank you very much, tracy. it is 5:45. good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. traffic and weather are coming up in less than three minutes, be first a major exhibit opens at the computer history museum. it takes visitors on a trip to the first 2,000 years of

computing. nbc bay area's bob redell is live in moon tin view with details. i guess we are going clear back to the artifacts. >> reporter: oh, yeah. good morning to you, brent and laura. computer history here has been around for quite some time, but this summer they shut down to renovate. they have now more than doubled their exhibition space with 1,100 computer artifacts in place. that's a small portion of the collection they have still in storage. a lot of this was under the watchful eyes of this man, alex gohanis. i like what you have done to the place. >> well, thank you, bob. >> reporter: i can't get over the price point here. this is -- brent, you recognize this. >> i was going to say that's the 117 but that's the 116, okay.

>> reporter: the 117 is smaller. >> in 1965 you could buy this for $28,500. it was a purposeful computer. you can use it for text processing, the kind of stuff we use pcs for really everywhere. and it was very inexpensive back then. larger machines may have cost around $200,000 or $2 million. >> reporter: i think that's the thing that we forget is just how miniatureized we have become. this probably was the equivalent of something i would find on my cell phone. my cell phone is probably more powerful than this? >> absolutely. this ibm system from 1932 was used for payroll and inventory. the kind of stuff that we use pcs for today. you may you quickbooks that did this same thing back in the '70s. >> reporter: i can't get over

this orange device that's been on the exhibit before. >> this is a similar computer to the one we just looked at. >> reporter: it was $10,000 back in 1969. i can't imagine why. we'll hang out with alex longer. coming up, they have the original pong game on display. we'll show you that. we have a 24-pound laptop to show you as well. >> do you remember pong? it was impossible. now you look at how complicated games are. >> reporter: i thought it was very easy. >> i knew it. thanks a lot. >> i didn't know you had trouble with pong. >> you know, the little square

just around the thing and you are trying to move the little -- it is impossible. well, not impossible, difficult. mike? i love the support and love bob redell always gives you. >> i know. >> bob told me ability this accident. he first reported it to me. i'll give you the update. the injury accident on northbound 101 with an overturned suv and debris is all cleared from the lanes. there's damage to the concrete, but that didn't happen on the northbound side, just the southbound side. i imagine the sweepers have done their work. i'll let you know if other delays are reported from the accident cleanup. new debris on northbound 280 at wolf road. watch it. it sounds like metal brackets are in the lanes. there's a little slowing past that scene. then over to christina with the forecast right now. yes, good weather this morning. probably making for an easier than normal commute. we actually have really great

conditions provided by high pressure. you see these clouds arcing up around the big ridge. that clockwise rotation here has winds pushing from land to sea warming up along the way. and today that has things nice and mild to start you off. we are in the 50s right now across the board. we'll end up later on today close to 70 degrees. san francisco, today, 60. 65 for san rafael. 63 degrees in los gatos. heading throughout the afternoon, lots of sunshine. you need those shades on the way to work this morning. we'll see abundant sunshine as the sun comes up. 59 degrees on friday. even warmer as you kickoff your weekend. 67 degrees on saturday. lots of sunshine on tap for this weekend. you'll want to get outside. you probably should. it is not a good weekend to stay indoors and play video games. get those kids outside! thanks a lot. a bay area state senator is going head-to-head with rush limbaugh this morning after the radio host mocked the chinese

language. [ speaking chinese ] >> that was rush limbaugh on his radio show yesterday. he was criticizing the fact that there was no english interpretation of chinese president hu jintao's speech yesterday. senator leland ye demanded an apology for this classless act. he said the rant is a slap in the face to millions of chinese americans who have struggled in this country. so far no response from limbaugh. >> read the next story. >> it is crazy, he got himself in trouble. the snow will go on hours after a debate that a connecticut school board has decided to allow students to put on a play that uses the n-word. it appeared before the board last night to convince administrators that was a production tool for tolerance.

they spent months working on the performance of "joe turner's come and gone." they say it is an important work that should not be changed. >> i do not support using the n-word in a derogatory way. at the timeframe it is what they said. >> the school's superintendent didn't want the play to continue because he didn't think the n-word should be used in any context. however, the school board did decide to allow the play to continue and to use that as a teaching moment. governor jerry brown asked city leaders to hear him out on his budget plan before dismissing what he had to say. as we told you yesterday, cities across the state call for emergency plans to keep the state from shutting down local redevelopment agencies. they are rushing to move the redevelopment money into funds shielded from the state race. brown wants to shift $5 billion

state dollars to more pressing needs like education and public safety. one thing that many lawmakers are agreeing on at the state capital is cutting down on a lot of the government perks, specifically the majority of freshman lawmakers in sacramento decided against ordering new cars mostly paid for by taxpayer dollars. that means 58% of first-year lawmakers are driving their family cars to work compared to just 13% of incumbents. >> a passenger plane made quite a landing in arkansas last night. check out this video. a delta airliner happened to make an emergency landing. here it goes touching down. as it touches down you can see the spark lighting up the night sky. you can see it there on the back wheel. apparently it had a hydraulic problem. passengers say they stayed calm and some of them even said this sort of thing was bound to

happen. >> if you continue to fly, you are going to have problems with things breaking. nobody was squared. >> everybody got out okay. none of the 78 passengers were injured. the scandal that rocked one of the largest bay area's companies is still making headlines. >> scott mcgrew is here with the latest. >> reporter: hewlett-packard will investigate itself to find out why it asked its own ceo to leave. that's a strange idea. you would think hewlett-packard would know why it kicked mark herd out. the story told over and over is herd fudged expense reports and had an unusual relationship with a movie actress who was also an hp contractor. herd got $35 million to leave which prompted the shareholder lawsuit claiming the company wasted that money. the whole question is being gated in a courtroom, but news.com reports this morning hp is asking a judge to create an

independent investigation into the matter. well, are apples healthy for china? you love the new iphone, but a new report out of the institute for environmental affairs puts apple at the bottom of tech companies with big operations in china. in fact, 29 other manufacturers including nokia, sony and lg were criticized for poor practices. the best practices are hewlett-packard out of palo alto. there's also pressure on the environmental record. it is easily one of the biggest if not the biggest manufacturer in china. if an environmental group can get apple to do something, it will have enormous effect. back to you. thank you, scott. >> thank you. it will be a beautiful day in the bay. get outside this weekend as well as january temperatures that are

typically in the upper 50s across the area. we'll see them closer to the 70-degree mark. especially in the south bay to north bay courtesy of high pressure. it is warm-down winds warming us up pushing from land to sea. this is what you can count on heading throughout the afternoon. the wind will pick up throughout the mountain passes to make driving difficult along the 17 and up north this morning. take it easy. we have sustained winds out of the northeast at 14 miles per hour in fairfield. we'll see wind across the board out of the northeast heading throughout this afternoon. here's what you can expect in terms of our temperatures. 67 beautiful degrees in santa rosa. 67 for fairfield. 66 in san jose. this isn't the warmest day in the extended period. we are looking towards tomorrow. temperatures climbing by 3 to 5 degrees. 70 degrees tomorrow in oakland. lots of sunshine on tap for this weekend. and, guys, i just want to tell you, we have behind-the-scenes photos coming up. you definitely want to stick

around for that. if you have time and don't have to race out the front door, stay tuned for that. back to you. >> that piques my interest. thank you. a new way to never miss a play of your favorite sporting event again. >> josh and his friends figured out how to fill a beer upside down. it fills cups from the bottom up. there's a hole at the bottom of the cup and a magnet to open and seal the beer at super speeds. ironically, it wasn't beer that inspired this invention. >> i was two margaritas deep when i came up with this. >> springer says the machine can fill 56 beers in the span of a minute. several places are already using this bottoms up beer server. it took nearly three years to perfect that patented design. >> that's very clever stuff. a n,ma a newea m tttningboo oms up. we'll be right back. bo