warning, there has been a fourth sexual assault near lake merritt. i'm christie smith. we'll tell you what police are saying, plus reaction from women exercising this morning. >> a cold start will make way to a sunny, mild afternoon. we could pick up to an inch of rain in the bay area. i'll health you know when in your complete forecast. >> as you get ready to hit the road i'll update you on the latest accident and an unusual traffic flow through the bay. the latest on the commute. >> a live look outside from the south bay this morning where it is chilly to start a wednesday, february 9th, "today in the bay." >> good morning. straight up 6:00. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. a warning for women heading to lake merritt for an early morning run. another woman is recovering from an attack last night near the

popular park. four women were assaulted in five months in the area. christie smith is live there with more on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. we've been talking with women exercising out here this morning. they are very aware of the sexual assaults going on near lake merritt. but are they going to stop what they do? well, no. this is a very popular spot for dog walkers and runners but the women telling us they are going to be more cautious. still, this is the fourth time in five months that there has been a sexual assault in the area. on monday, a woman reported that she was sexually assaulted on her way home in the 800 block of jackson street. that was monday night. not only sexually assaulted but brutally beaten in the common area of her apartment complex. we spoke with two women out for an early morning walk. they heard the news of this last night and they were startled.

>> we talk together, you know. we watch our environment. and we try to go on with our lives. we recognize you have to be cautious, but you know, we don't want to just give up. >> reporter: oakland police say the same person may not be responsible for all of these attacks. the last incident there's not much of a suspect description. we can tell you that police are warning women to be very careful when they are out in the area, certainly don't be distracted by things like your cell phone or ipod. i asked the women if they had pepper spray or anything to protect themselves. they pointed down to their fanny packs and they were ready for whatever would happen. christie smith, today in the bay. >> thank you. >> supporters of the man accused of assaulting a priest will rally this morning. supporters of william lynch say even though he beat up father gerald lindner, lynch is the

victim. lynch say he and his brother were sexually assaulted when they were 7 and 5 years old. lynch does have a pretrial hearing set for this morning. >> a south bay neighborhood is trying to protect his house after a spring of burglaries. they are centered on a number of homes in san jose's ever green area. they are all in a few blocks of each other. the latest happened monday afternoon. the family asked nbc bay area not to identify them. they say the burglars broke in through a bedroom and took lap tops, video game systems and jewelry. >> it's extremely upsetting to think you had somebody walking through your house and touching your things and the kids are frightened now, and my daughter didn't want to sleep in her room last night because this is where they'd come through. >> the family says they will install a security system. the community is talking about setting up a neighborhood watch. >> we have new details about what happened as a man died during a run. bay air firefighters who saw what happened say they are

shocked and angry that nobody came to help the man after he had collapsed. san francisco firefighters who happened to be running in the half marathon say that the event had no medical staff or basic life support equipment near the finish line at golden gate park. the firefighters say they tried to revive the man and claim they waited 22 minutes for a city ambulance. they say nobody on the scene identified themselves as a medical worker. event organizers say there were emts near the finish line and they tried to help the runner within five minutes of his collapse. the man eventually did die. >> guantanamo bay detainees coming to the bay area, that's the plan floated around right now by the berkeley city council. marla is live with more on the story. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning. no surprise the berkeley peace and justice commission is behind this latest controversial move.

the commission has drafted a resolution that essentially invites a couple of detainees to come to berkeley to live. in all, 38 detainees have been cleared of the crimes they were held for. of those, the resolution invites two of them to live here in berkeley. the first is a russian ballet dancer who converted to islam while serving in the russian army. he was arrested in pakistan while trying to hide from the kgb. the other invited a former algerian chef. after his work visa was not renewed he moved to canada but was not granted asylum. he was arrested trying to make his way from afghanistan into pakistan. neither man was ever charged with a crime but both were tortures while at guantanamo bay according to the center for constitutional rights.

this could fall through because president obama recently signed an act that prohibits the u.s. from funding the relocation of cleared detainees. the peace and justice commission says that the moves would be solely funded by volunteers and donations. now the berkeley city council will vote on this resolution next tuesday, february 15. live in berkeley, marla tellez, today in the "bay area living." >> protesters are camped out in cairo's main square. we checked in the twitter feed of richard engle in kye red sox he says people are striking in an attempt to stop big industry. the strikes are at places, newspapers and hospitals. he says that friday could be a big day of protests. they have been protesting, now it seems it's changed. there are nuances. >> and we're talking about the

google executive. he could cause headaches. >> we were checking the twitter feed on that. let's talk about this egyptian executive. we've seen him on the news several times, in fact, here is video of him on egyptian television talking about some of his struggles. one of the things that's curious for google they are in a rock and a hard place. they have been quiet mouthed who this man is other than a marketing executive but he is turning out to be a major force in the revolution there in egypt. he talked about how he doesn't want folks to have the google logo associated with him yet he wears a google deshirt. others spluft eyes on him, the columbian law professor that took a job with the federal

trade commission. wu seen here on a recent taping invented the phrase net neutrality, a frequent critic of apple. wu once said apple was the biggest athlete free internet. >> pg&e executives say there are no other pipe lines like the one in san bruno in northern california. pg&e has not been able to find any other gas pipes with large sections welded together. faulty wells may be to blame for the san bruno incident. >> pg&e executives say the utility has not punished employees in connection with the blast. if any one is punished it will happen after the ntsb releases its report in march. >> two bay area mothers arrested for blocking a fleet of energy

trucks get to share their concerns with the district attorney. the two were arrested for blocking sur francis drake boulevard as crews tried to get by. she says people should have the right to refuse the smart meter prom. >> time 6:09. we've been so spoiled but in winter. >> it looks like once we start to see the first system on shore they are going to line up. that pineapple express is aiming at the bay area. especially latter next week. we'll start with heavy rain on tuesday, maybe, maybe a light scattered shower or two sunday night and we also have a slight chance on monday. 45 in oakland, 42 in hayward and 43 in san jose right now. we're at 28 degrees in gilroy.

much cooler than where we were at this time yesterday. 47 degrees in fairfield. the east bay is going to see a breeze, not as windy as it was but on the breezy side. we have the marine layer back but high pressure is pushing it out to sea. if we defog it will be tonight into tomorrow. the on shore flow back in. 65 in napa. we're going to announce the winners of the napa contest so stay tuned for that. get to work, it's a wednesday. what's going on? >> the commute's building. we're seeing slowdowns in the typical spots. the pattern has been unusual. we'll start with the nimitz. always a concern. had an accident coming into union city. that is on the shoulder. now there is a new issue north of there, disabled vehicle blocking one of your lanes. there may be slowing.

i'll watch. should get clear. usually quick work of that. a slow drive into livermore. clearing by grant meyer road where we see another slowing. the travel stim 15 minutes and the highway 4, slowing through antioch, no real alternate but mooth across that bridge. that's year. and the bay bridge, 18 minutes, a smooth clear view. so far a clear drive across the bay. >> thanks, mike. >> still to come on "today in the bay" couple could be read the roll out a new ipad. >> police say a woman died from cosmetic surgery performed in a hotel room. >> reporter: welcome surprise for california high speed rail. uncle sam proposes billions of

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christina. 6:14 now. >> vice president joe biden is urging u.s. cities to get a grip when it comes to building a high speed rail network. he says that he is prepared to spend billions to get the job done and bob redell is live at san jose's deardon station. san jose could stand to get a good chunk of money. >> reporter: it could be as much as $16 billion according to one estimate. that's more than a third of the total $43 billion price tag for the 800-mile-long project that would start north of san francisco, south through the deardon station in san jose, on to the central valley and eventually to the final destination of los angeles. we should learn more about what this federal investment would mean when the rail authority holds a news conference. yesterday vice president joe biden announced that president obama wanted to invest $53 billion in high speed rail.

this taking place over the next six years. investment biden says is not only good for infrastructure but the economy as well. >> the fact is public infrastructure investment raises private sector productivity and creates jobs. >> reporter: remember this is just a proposal. president obama must convince the republican-led house of representatives to go along with this. there are many californians who wonder why the state needs high rail. it's expensive. that's assuming the cost doesn't increase which some analysts and critics believe will. then there is a question of who is going to use high speed rail. when you can fly between the bay area and los angeles at speeds faster than a train, at a relatively inexpensive cost. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 6:16 now. first lady michelle obama says her husband has kicked his smoking habit. she told reporters the president

has not had a cigarette in about a year. the first lady did not go into details how he did it. in the past the president has said he smoked at least five times a day. >> today is no the one-year anniversary of getting kids moving. she signed up 200,000 kids to exercise for more than an hour a day. the first lady says now is the time to start to tackle the problem of childhood obesity. >> i don't want them looking back decades from now asking us why didn't you help us when you had the chance. >> we should all get moving. you can hear more from the first lady coming up on "today." she is sitting down with matt lauer. it's coming up at 7:00. >> 83-year-old man found himself in big trouble driving the wrong way down interstate 5 in southern california. check out the amazing video. this was in oceanside on friday.

you can see the guy going the wrong way down the interstate. look at that. he eventually runs out of road and slams into that guardrail. the truck was nearly torn in half. the driver survived without serious injuries. police say the man was driving with a suspended license. he caused a 7-mile traffic jam. again, he wasn't kill and he's okay. >> a woman is dead after police say she had a botched cosmetic surgery inside a hoyxt investigators say the woman is a british college student. she went to philadelphia to get injections, basically a butt lift. the surgery happened at a hampton inn around noon on monday. paramedics got the call yesterday morning after the woman complained of chest pains. >> we're not sure right now if that person who performed that procedure is licensed or unlicensed. >> police say two women were involved in the procedure. they are now looking for them.

>> the irs is offering international tax evaders a chance to come clean. they could avoid jail and pay reduced fines if they come forward before august 31. the irs is in the middle of a crackdown against american who is hide assets overseas. this offer is similar to one in 2009. back then 15,000 tax evaders took advantage. >> it's happened, there are now more new computers in pockets than on desks. >> good morning. we kind of expected this. still worth noting. for the first time more smart phones have been sold than pcs. perhaps verizon helped push it over the top. in the last quarter factories shipped 100 million smart phones but 92 million computers. families are going to buy both. you can't type a paper on a smart phone. smart phones have the upper hand. >> good news if you own an ipad.

the latest reports say the new ipad 2 pretty much the same. a bit lighter and thinner with at least one, possibly two cameras. if you are one of the 15 million who have one of these f you can manage without a camera you should be fine. "the wall street journal" says it's in full production. they haven't announced but but they have this timing with steve jobs taking time all ill so we've not had the expected announcement about the ipad 2. >> we'll wait for it. >> winter not finished, pounding parts of the country. >> take a look at this live look at oklahoma city. a foot of snow has fallen. no one on the groods. another storm from texas to kansas. a lot of cities still digging out from a massive snowstorm that you recall blanketed most of the u.s. last week.

that storm forced many cities to close airports, highways and schools. we were briefly affected here. >> so we don't -- we haven't had it lately but looks like there is weather headed our way. >> yes, it looks like the end of february will be a wet stretch of weather. but we're going to see a nice week, i'd say all the way through friday, maybe saturday. a lot of sunshine on tap for us. i want to congratulate the big winners, if you were watching last week you probably heard us talk about the napa give away. we gave away two weekend getaways for amar and christine, they get to take a guest up to napa. and this is all part of bay area proud, we like to give you things. log on to facebook.com, search bay area proud, see what's up next. i get to join you all for lunch on valentine's day. yeah. that's right. i'm heading up to napa. 45 degrees in oakland.

well, yeah. you and the caravan. 42 in hayward. 43 san jose and 38 santa cruz. at 28 degrees in gilroy. high pressure is going to bring our temperatures up. 65 in san jose. 62 in oakland. a mild day at the coast. 63 degrees in san francisco. here it is, that wet forecast. rain chances ramp up monday night into tuesday, we're looking toward a pretty wet tuesday, and wednesday, thursday, friday we also have a slight chance of rain each day next week. the normal pattern is shaping back up. let's find out how the roadway drive is shaping up. >> you give a great forecast, i'll give a warning. because northbound 880 has a disabled vehicle approaching the 92 interchange. it's in your middle lane. there is still swerving around the vehicle. they are going to make quick

work but look at all of the folks. shows the reason why you have to watch out. speeds close to the limit. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> it is 6:23. five sports at cal berkeley could be safe. who is stepping in to help pay for them. >> the nfl is playing let's make a deal with hundreds of fans left without a seat at the super bo

>> the nfl has a new deal for the 400 fans not allowed to sit in their seats during the super bowl. they get free tickets and flights and hotel for any one future super bowl of their choosing. if they take that option, then they do not get the $2600 refund from sunday's game. that is roughly three times the face value of their tickets. if fans choose to go to next year's game, then they will get

the refund. 400 fans at sunday's game in arlington, texas, came to the game only to be told their seats were not ready. so they had to watch the game on tv from a clubhouse lounge inside the stadium instead. >> yesterday at this time ran the story with sarah palin. we apologize for the error. >> a yoon consays some bay orhospital declaring war on nurses. we'll have the latest on that labor fight. >> help could on the way for five sports at uc-berkeley. >> and oakland police are looking into a fourth sexual assault at a popular jogging spot. we'll have a live report on that. >> a live look outside. look at the sun coming up with the bay bridge there. it's a cold start to the day, change in the works, rain could

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>> san jose leaders call one club the most dangerous spot. it could be shut down for good. >> good morning. i'm christie smith. oakland police sending out a warning to women. there has been yet another sexual assault near the lake merritt area. we'll tell you what's going on coming up in a live report. >> and the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are on, to keep you on schedule, make sure you check on the traffic report as things get crowded out there. >> sun coming up, a live look over the bay bridge, a cold start to this wednesday, february 9th, "today in the bay." >> good morning everybody.

thanks for joining us. 6:29 right now. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's get things moving. hopefully that will warm us up a little bit. >> yeah, you're going to be burning more calories getting to the front door this morning. it is cold out there. we are in the 20s in some spots, 29 degrees right now in gilroy. i think we'll drop off a little more the next half hour. 45 minutes, 65 degrees today in santa rosa, 63 in san francisco and 65 degrees in san jose. brilliant sunshine, lots of vitamin d today. a little cooler than yesterday. rain on the way. i'll let you know with your complete forecast. >> early morning joggers need to be on the lookout after another attack near one of the most popular parks in the east bay. it marks the fifth attack in the last couple months. >> a lot of people could be out jogging. christie smith is live from lake merritt with more on how women who work out around the lake are

feeling. >> reporter: good morning. i can tell you that women here are very aware of what's going on. they say it's disturbing but they are partnering up with their friends. they won't stop coming. lake merritt is a popular spot for runners and dog walkers. this is the fourth time now that there has been a sexual assault near lake merit. a fourth time since september. the last one monday night around 10:00 p.m. a woman tells police she was not only sexually assaulted but brutally beaten in the common area of her apartment complex. oakland police say that the man followed her as she was walking home. they won't give up their morning walk. only a brief description of the attacker. police say all of these attacks may not be done by the same person. the motive is different. they say in other cases the women were robbed. oakland police putting out a

warning to be very careful, make sure not to be distracted by phones or ipods and suggest that you be very careful, specifically when you are out and about. here is one of the women that we talked with this morning. >> last night on the way home from work, frightened me a little bit. >> reporter: oakland police also putting out another piece of information, reminding women to be extra careful specifically when you are getting in and out of your car. live in oakland, christie smith, today in the "bay area living." >> san jose has taken a shot at shutting down the most dangerous nightclub. attorneys will return to court to try to permanently close club west. calls to the club 100 times.

new year's morning a woman was severely beaten by a group of people. the club refused to call an ambulance and tried to cover up the attack. >> a judge is looking into whether lethal injections can resume. it depends if he's satisfy with the new death chamber. the judge toured that facility yesterday and says that he will told more hearings before he makes a decision. >> coming up tonight at 11:00, i will take a closer look at what the death roy rowe situate in the state. there haven't been any in the past five years. last year 28 additional people were put on death row. the new housing facility that the state is considering could cost $400 million. >> a closer look tonight at 11:00. 6:33 now. east bay mayors and council

members from a number of cities are teaming up. they are opposing the plan for redevelopment. the mayors will gather near the pops theater to announce opposition. they say the cuts will bring financial benefit to the state but permanently destroy 29,000 east bay jobs and billions in local economic activity. >> they claim the hospitals will force nurses to take a deal that the union shot down back in december. that deal includes pay raises for nurses but it also includes a new career advancement system and that makes nurses meet certification and academic requirements in order to get promot promoted. the union says it will make it more difficult for them to get top level jobs and even some would be demoted. >> several sports on the

shopping block may be spared but before fans can celebrate may be a legal issue. it has to do with title 9. marla has the reaction to the new information. it's emotional for a lot of folks. >> reporter: it certainly is. the bay area loves its sports and cal baseball is an institution here. but the golden bears could lose its teams despite being ranked in the top 20. on the line in all five athletic programs at uc-berkeley. that's men's baseball, men's and women's gymnastics, women's lacrosse and men's rugby all could face elimination, they are facing elimination. if they are not saved they would be gone after this school year. and like most these days it comes down to money. reducing the number of intercollegiate teams from 29 to 24, which saves the university about $4 million a year.

but eliminating two women's teams, the gymnastics and lacrosse, would put cal in violation of title 9. that's the federal law that calls for jenter equity. one fan i spoke to says you know what, it all comes down to cal football and paying the head coach. >> if they didn't have to pay the money for those programs and put them in the academic school part of the school. that's all cal is doing. the programs that don't generate a lot of money. for the schools. >> i did research and i found the coach makes close to $3 million a year. chancellor is making the final decision. that $25 million is raised to pay for the operating expenses for the programs for five to 10

years. the second criteria, a plan to build an enjoument to fund them long term. supporters form add group and according to the group the five programs have raised so far between 10 to $12 million. so about halfway to the 25 million mark. robert will make his announcement on his final decision tomorrow. >> we'll have an update. thank you. >> students in the east bay are waking up knowing they may have a few more months. next year they have to attend someplace else. the school board decided to close glenn brook and holbrook. board members say those are necessary to save the district about $1.5 million per year. the board decided to keep sequoia open. as well as monty gardens in

concord. the district is dealing with a budget shortfall. another meeting is set for february 22. the board will look at other ways to close the gap. >> new information from the u.s. commander on the war in afghanistan. learn what he's saying. >> plus, efforts to connect northern and southern california with rail could get a funding boost. >> an excellent discovery. having an egg may not be so bad. i have fallen in love with making bird houses.

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>> good morning. nice looking shot outside this morning. lake merritt in the east bay, sun is starting to come up and nice calm. no wind, no white caps on the lake. >> i would hope not. >> little guy cruising across there. not bad looking if you can enjoy it. >> first, let's have a little breakfast. >> right. >> you might want to whip up an omelet. there is a new study that turns out that eggs are all they are cracked up to be. a new usda study says eggs now have 14% less cholesterol and

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>> it's cold out there. temperatures dropping, 36 degrees the current temperature

in napa, 2 degrees above freezing in santa rosa. we are well below freezing in gilroy. so make sure you grab a jacket. something you can take off later. we'll see a nice day, high pressure in control, lots of sunshine, a rainmaker on the way as well. this is going to change our pattern to an on shore flow as we head throughout the day. today i'd say for the second half of the day that will kick in. the fog will be back tomorrow morning. and we're looking for a foggy start on friday. here's what you can expect. 62 in oakland, 65 in napa, mild in the east and the south bay and the peninsula. north bay temperatures are going to come down by 5 degrees from yesterday with a beautiful day up there. seven-day outlook shoes you we'll stay comfortable, temperatures climbing a little through the latter part of this week. 69 degrees, by sunday, valentine's day, guys, nothing with the word diet, no power tools and no apologetic looks because you forgot the date.

>> ever since we had kids you have the kids make something. that seals the deal. in the south bay we have slowing, a lot of slowing. look at this northbound 101, an accident on the northbound side. closer to the key. below 20 miles per hour. slow from capital up to the airport. 85 to 87. use those as alternates to get around this. 880 is clear add the 92 interchange after an earlier stall, blocking some lanes. a new accident reported around mallory. we have a westbound 580 showing your typical slow pattern but 21 minutes so again slower. this may be the new issue for the remainder of the week as it seems to be about this time. the bay bridge toll plaza and a

backup. >> more b.a.r.t. riders question if they are saving by taking public transit. >> the latest customer survey reports about 64% of passengers say b.a.r.t. is a good value for the money. pretty good but it is a sef7% d. since the last survey b.a.r.t. increased fares by 6%. >> good news for high speed rail in california. the project could get billions of dollars in federal funding according to vice president joe biden. bob redell is live and bob, the vice president says this will help the country. >> reporter: countries that already have or are building extensive high speed rail. california's high speed rail is still in the planning stations. construction not expected to

begin until next year. there have been questions where all of the money will come from. yesterday vice president joe biden offered hope, announcing that president obama wants to invest 53 billion in high speed rail throughout the next six years. with california receiving an estimated 16 billion of that. critics wonder why, spend so much on an 800 mile long project that would connect when air is faster and relatively inexpensive. propotents point out that high speed rail would create as many as 100,000 construction jobs over the next five years ago. now, president obama must convince the house to go along with this. that could be a all the odd given the calls for budget cuts. we should learn more about what this proposed federal investment means. when the rail authority holds a

conference later this afternoon. >> thanks for that, bob. >> the top u.s. nato commander in afghanistan says the taliban is losing momentum. they aired an interview with general petraeus. nato forcesing making a lot of progress but he warns that combat will probably escalate during the spring thaw. >> several explosions rocked the city of kirkuk. witnesses say gun fire started right after the blast. violence across iraq has dropped dramatically but bombings and shootings occur almost every day. >> the only living soldier to earn a medal for his service is now leaving the army.

staff sergeant hinton says he is going to leave to continue his education. the army says he's going use the gi bill. the medal of honor in november for killing a fighter dragging away another wounded soldier. >> berkeley is known too break the molds. but looks like the city is at it again. the city council is set to vote on a resolution that would bring detainees who have been cleared, to berkeley. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the berkeley piece and the jefferson commission is responsible for this. the commission drafted a resolution that invites a couple of guantanamo detainees to reside here. 38 detainees have been cleared of the crimes they were held for.

of those the resolution invites two of those people to live in workly. the first is a russian ballet dancer. he was arrested in pakistan while trying to hide from the kgb. and the other a chef who works in vienna after his vee ka was not renewed. this morning i found one man who says berkeley should just take care of its own and not play caretaker. this whole plan could call through, though, because president obama recently signed an act that prohibits the u.s. from funding the relocation of cleared detainees. the peace and justice commission assures the council that these moves would be paid for by volunteers and donations. the council will vote on this

next tuesday, february 15. >> thanks a lot. be on guard around oakland's lake merritt. that's the message from police after another woman was attacked near that park. police are looking to see if this attack is connected to several other assaults last year. christie smith is live from lake merritt with how women who live and work out around the lake are feeling. >> reporter: i can tell you that women here have heard the warning from oakland police loud and year, to be extra careful around beautiful lake merritt. it's such a popular spot for runners and dog walkers, a lot of restaurants, a lot of women are saying hey, i'm not going to stop coming here though this is the fourth sexual assault since september. the latest a woman on jackson street apparently followed to

her apartment and assaulted and beaten in the common area. two women out for exercise say it's disturbing. >> walk together, watch our environment. we try to go on with our lives. we recognize you have to be cautious but we don't want to just give up. >> reporter: oakland police are saying that the same guy may not be responsible for all of these attacks and the other cases, the women were robbed and they were in various areas around the lake. only a vague diskripgs of the subject but oakland consider this is a high priority case. christie smith, today in the bay. >> we have a remarkable piece of video to show you that might help san francisco police catch a bugger. the attack happened sunday afternoon.

look at that. a man attacking a woman throwing her to the ground before making off with her wallet. a neighbor who lives in the area heard the scream, grabbed his camera and was able to get that video. police say the victim was from out of town. she met her attacker in union square that day and were hanging out together when the attack happened so if you have information on who that person is or you saw what happened, contact police. >> how brazen. 6:54. students in an east bay school district are in danger this morning. administrators said someone is giving kids drugs disguised as dessert. the albany district is investigating four incidents. total of six students ate marijuana brownies. parents who see albany as safe are shocked. >> kind of alarming, actually. how did they get there? what are they doing there? i think it's crazy. >> police are looking into who

is supplying the brownies. they think the student is providing the potent dessert. he says we plead with those students involved in the sale to cease and desist. >> if you are feeling cramped at work you are not alone. >> scott is in the newsroom with the rest of the worker bes. >> he used to be over the big boy desk. >> we thought we'd see where the rest work, cubicles are getting smaller we hear. who would know better than the international facility management association. it found in the last 15 years cubicle space has dwindled from 90 square feet the 75. office workers are not the only ones feeling the squeeze. executives have seen theirs shink. these smaller work stations are cheaper and new technology

enabled worker mobility. they can gt out of their cramped confines. waiting on bernanke. we see the dow industrials are down about 7 points this morning. >> that's not your real cubicle. >> this is my new cubicle. >> if you are bigger or smaller. >> let's see. >> you should see what happened to mine. i'm in a cracker box. >> i'm happy to have a desk. >> laura's bigger. >> girls have more stuff. let's check in with christine with a look at the forecast. >> neater than your real cubicle, scott. 36 in napa and 34 degrees in santa rosa. we'll warm to the low 60s later on. 62 degrees in los gatos. let's see how your drive is. >> 880 southbound at mallory, it is was in lanes for a few minutes. coming past the dumbarton

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