government takes it back. what santa clara is doing to make sure the new stadium moves forward. and a bay area company gets ready to roll out a first of its kind all electric vehicle. i'm marla tellez, i'll explain what's so special about this one that could take away the pain at the pump coming up in my live report. and i'm bob redell live above bourbon street with what could be the largest mardi gras celebration ever. that story is coming up. and a live look outside at the south bay this morning. it is fat tuesday, march 8th, "today in the bay." good morning, everyone. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. we begin with breaking news in the east bay. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live in berkeley where a man is dead after an overnight standoff with police. she has a look at exactly what happened and what the situation

is like at the scene right now. >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. we have new information. i just spoke with berkeley police again. they initially told me about 30 minutes ago that this started with reports of shots fired inside of a home. now, they were initially thinking that all the shots remained inside of the home, but now they are telling me that they believe that the first responding officers were actually fired at by that man inside of the home. now this is at the alameda and marin in berkeley, the 1800 block. this is kind of near the solano shopping district if you know the area. this started around 7:30 last night when the first calls came in. police backed off when the man fired at them and they evacuated immediate neighbors for safety. they then brought in hostage negotiators who made contact with the man who was inside the home alone. then just after 4:00 this morning it didn't end well.

they entered the home and found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but they tried for hours to resolve this. >> we do everything possible that we can to try and resolve this peaceably. if that means talking to somebody for hours that's what we'll do. we'll sit out here and try to continue to negotiate to bring about a peaceful ending. >> reporter: a berkeley policeman telling me that oakland police came in to help them out with this case and brought in canine units. this morning they are saying some neighbors still aren't back home yet. it could be a couple hours before they actually return. they are also telling me that this intersection here that you see blocked off, well, you can see they are taking the tape down right now. and so it looks like it will be opening soon. but they are telling me investigators will be on the scene for several more hours. that's the latest from here, reporting live in berkeley, christie smith for "today in the bay." >> because things are changing we'll check back in with you

later on. we want to get a look at the forecast now with christina. >> it is going to be a really nice day today, tomorrow even better, but we have drizzly fog out there. low cloud cover so dense it is creating a mist this morning, especially in the south bay where we have the densest fog right now. if you are traveling the highways you will likely find slick conditions the next couple of hours. but for the second half of the day we are in store for a spring-like treat. i'll talk all about that and tell you when the next system will arrive coming up. we'll check your drive right now with a serious situation in livermore. 580, i'm just checking the chp update, they just updated the location. the sigalert which we had called for westbound 580, that was the location for the similar why semi accident with a yukon truck. the backup quickly formed to the interchange. if that has cleared it will sort out in the next 20 minutes. the maze is looking all right as

we get a live look at the golden gate bridge showing the effects of the mist and drizzle from overnight. watch out, it is slick. thank you very much, mike. with the unrest in the middle east continuing this morning gas prices all over the country continue to rise. no one is feeling the pain at the pump worse than us here in california. aaa says the average price for regular gas in california is $3.89 this morning. the bay area cities are seeing higher prices, just pennies under $4. no end in sight and many are turning to alternative fuels as a way to offer relief to their wallets. one bay company is at the forefront of that movement. marla tellez is live in fremont this morning where tesla motors is expected to roll out a new electric car that is expected to be the best yet. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning, laura. i guess deciding if it is the best is up to the consumer, but i can tell you this, you get what you pay for being the best. it comes with a price tag. the first version of the new

tesla sedan that will be produced here at the former plant here in fremont will cost $77,000. so no chump change there. it is called the model s signature series sedan. it is the second car ever to be produced by test tesla. the first was the roadster. it comes with a 300-mile battery. drivers can get 300 miles out of one charge. that's above and beyond anything else on the market, particularly as competition has it with the nissan leaf that goes up to 100 miles on a single charge. the leaf is said to be the most affordable all electric vehicle priced in the low to mid-$30,000 range. if its signature series is out of your price range, tesla is offering a base model about $20,000 less at $47,400. the basic model has a driving range of 160 miles. tesla also plans to produce a

230-mile option, so three options for this sedan. each vehicle, though, comes with a $7,500 tax credit. and you are looking at the video here. i think it is a pretty slick looking vehicle as far as the exterior is concerned. and it is no plug, either. it says zero to 60 in less than six seconds. the new model sedans will be produced in fremont. 5,000 will be rolled out next year in 2012. the first 1,000 will be the signature series, the expensive top of the line version. live in fremont this morning, marla tellez for "today in the bay." thank you, marla. now tesla may boast long range but they have to compete with the world's most popular high ready. toyota claims they have sold more than 3 million prius hybrids since 1997. it was the first mass-produced hybrid in the world. toyota is trying to rebound from a series of recalls over the past few years that tarnished

their image. we continue to get a better idea of what's happening in the trial of barry bond. the hearing this afternoon will decide if jury questions will be released publicly. when the march 21st trial starts former teammate bobby estella and ex-girlfriend kimberly bell are expected to testify. they are expected to say bonds admitted to taking steroids. other baseball players are expected to say anderson gave them steroids. santa clara is scrambling to save redevelopment money that has been set aside for the proposed 49ers stadium. city leaders, the stadium authority and the redevelopment agency will hold a special meeting tonight. they are expected to move assets from the redevelopment agency to this stadium authority. that will protect the money if the state decides to shut down local redevelopment agencies and take that money for its own. the full senate and assembly will vote on the state budget proposal coming up tomorrow. several san jose city

council members want to limit the number of medical marijuana businesses and will bring up the proposal today. vice mayor madison nguyen and three council members say the problems of having many of the shops outweigh the benefits. council members point to an increase in crime, a drain on city services and the gray area of the law it operates. they want to limit the number of marijuana collectives from over 100 to 10. the city council in san jose will vote on a new contract with the firefighters. the firefighters union nonapproved the new contract this weekend and the city is expected to go ahead and approve it today. the contract cuts firefighters pay and benefits by 10% and reduces the number of firefighters on fire trucks from five to four. mayor chuck reed is now calling on the city's 11 other employee unions to strike similar deals. 5:08 right now. sad news out of afghanistan where a san jose soldier was killed. army staff sergeant mark wells died on saturday when he stepped on a hidden bomb in the helmand

province. wells was deployed in august after a 14-month tour in iraq. he leaves behind a pregnant wife and toddler. a funeral service for wells is expected to be held on st. patrick's day in phoenix where his wife's family lives. the time is 5:09. we want to check in with christina. it is very misty out there as you head out. >> yeah, definitely the appropriate word of the morning, the mist is out there. and it is enough mist to actually get our roadways nice and slick. so you want to take it easy out there, even though we don't have heavy rain or light rain coming down, it is enough mist and dense fog that is so heavy it is creating the misty situation. probably for the next couple hours. after that we'll see improvement as high pressure gapes control of our weather pattern. and that's going to be the case today and tomorrow as well. but as you can see here, a little bit of green sneaking into the bay area. that's actually really dense low cloud cover creating the drizzling effect in san jose.

that's where the slickest conditions are this morning. temperatures are relatively mild. 53 in sunnyvale, 52 in san francisco. and 48 degrees up in santa rosa. heading throughout this afternoon we are looking to a pretty comfortable day. in fact, a spring-like day. we are getting closer and closer to spring. daylight saving time starts heading into this weekend. 65 degrees in los gatos. 65 in redwood city. and 65 in fremont. even warmer tomorrow. your seven-day is coming up. stick around for that. right now we'll get you to work right now. a lot is happening. a lot of changes. we'll update you on the sigalert being canceled near north flynn road. the major front-end damage happened to one of the vehicles. there's a lot of spectator slowing approaching north flynn road, but most of the folks traveling through the livermore commute and approaching the dublin interchange will see lighter traffic the next 20 to 30 minutes because of all the folks held up before north flip road.

you are paying off benefit heading there on 580. antioch is still not showing slowdowns. still 69 near horizon and a smooth drive through the bay bridge toll plaza. you notice the water on the lens, still slick conditions out there until the sun has a chance to dry everything out. back to you. 5:11 right now. today is fat tuesday. we'll tell you about the celebrations going on here in the bay area. and we'll head back to new orleans to check in with bob redell. he is soaking up all the fat tuesday fun this morning. he'll tell us why this year could be special. plus, the most expensive town in the country is not here in the bay area. we'll take a look at who tops the list as well as early trading coming up in a live report. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie.

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morning, but they continue to skyrocket and that is impacting early trading. "today in the bay's" courtney reagan is live at cnbc world headquarters with the news before the bell this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brent. futures right now are up and that's despite oil prices still trading above that $100 a barrel key mark. we are down slightly for the day. this is after worries of rising oil prices dragged down the major indices yesterday. we are seeing a bit of a pull back from the 2 1/2 year high. after reports that opec members are increasing output to hold become prices. european markets are trading higher following asian gains. the nasdaq was down 39 points to 2746, which is where trading begins today. the most expensive town in the nation isn't beverly hills or the hamptons. it is aspen, colorado. the median price for single-family homes in this

mountain town stands at $4.6 million. despite the housing market, prices there are still going up. figures show the average home price in aspen has increased over the past four years to $6 million in 2010 from $5.4 million in 2006. well, the rate of airline cancellations are going up. the new federal figures are showing that u.s. airlines canceled nearly 4% of flights in january, up from 3.7% the previous month. that makes january's capslation rate the 13th highest on record. winter storms did shut key airport hubs across the nation, but airlines are also blaming a federal rule that penalizes them for long tarmac delays. as a result, they are just flat-out canceling instead. i don't know which is worse. back to you, brent. >> boy, they leave you hanging there. thank you, courtney. we give bob redell all the toughest assignments and this morning he has one of the toughest of them all. >> he's live in new orleans with a look at fat tuesday in the big easy. you have the biggest beads i

have seen. i don't want to know how you got them. >> reporter: and on advice of the counsel, i can't tell you, brent. some people were traumatized, i apologized to them, and i'm told that the therapy should get that image out of their brain. i die digress. the city has been doing cleanup here. i bring up that amount of time because it takes long to clean up a party you have here in new orleans. we have thousands of people up here, mounds of trash. so they are cleaning it up so in a few hours from now more people can come out here to trash it again later because today being fat tuesday. what's interesting this year after talking to the city con sense visitors bureau, they are saying this could be one of the largest mardi gras celebrations ever. now, to give you some idea of what i'm talking about, last year with the super bowl win, they had over a million people. they think they can top that in part because of the weather.

it is child mild. i'm standing in flip-flops here. and mardi gras is later this year coinciding with spring break. you have college kids who decided not to go to the beach and instead came out here to stand on a sticky sidewalk on bourbon street. co who can blame them, right is this. >> this is good news because they have reeling since hurricane katrina. to see big crowds on fat tuesday would be good news for them. >> reporter: it is, absolutely. i talked to the city and convention visitors bureau. they said the fact you are seeing a lot more people coming back is testament to the fact that the message is getting out there that new orleans is rebounding from the hurricane. of course, the more recent gulf oil spill as well. fat tuesday is the culmination of what's been a couple weeks of mardi gras celebration. tonight at midnight it ends. it is not like last night when the party dies down.

it ends at midnight. police come out to shut the street down and get the people out in time for ash wednesday, which is the beginning of lent. >> all right. it is not over until the fat lady sings is how they say it. >> have a good time out there, bob. we know you will. >> reporter: you are killing me. there will be lots of ways to take part in fat tuesday fun. and you can do it here in the bay area. >> yes, fillmore street will be filled with fat tuesday revelers. there's a parade, live jazz music, face painting and beads. the free festivities kickoff at 5:00 and run into the night. and in the south bay the port house bistro has special music in honor of fat tuesday. the tribute to meters will play from 5:00 to 9:00 tonight. but they do expect pretty big crowds because the sharks are also at home. and the poorhouse bistro is a little ways down from the shark tank. and the big easy will be unleashed in oakland tonight.

the zydeco band will be there at 8:00. we are starting off misty and cool here for fat tuesday. >> where bob is in new orleans right now, 65 degrees. that's where we are expecting to end up later today in the heat of the day. but we have a little bit of shower activity, more so for him in new orleans than we are seeing in our neighborhood. boy, i'm happy to not be bob redell's wife this morning. we are looking really good locally as we have some showers pushing into northern california, but they are going to stay out of our area as high pressure is fully in control. you can see this area of clearing. we are going to see a really nice spring-like day across the bay area once we get rid of all the cloud cover and dense fog out there this morning. it is so dense that it is creating a mist in some cities. so you'll probably find slick conditions out there for the next couple of hours. i would say by about 9:30 a.m.

everything will be dry. 48 degrees in novato. 51 in san mateo. 53 degrees in sunnyvale. i have your extended forecast coming up in a minute. and that will show you when we expect the next system. but for the next couple of days we'll see a nice transition day getting closer to spring, the first official day of spring is march 21st. 65 in oakland, same for redwood city. 65 in santa rosa. if you are waking up in fairfield, 62 degrees is the forecasted high. here's the seven-day outlook. 60 degrees on saturday for the dublin parade. as you can see, tomorrow will be the best day of the week to make outdoor plans. if the rain kept you inside over the weekend, tomorrow is looking like a beautiful, beautiful day with temperatures in the upper 60s. today is also a good day for that, i think you'll see more sunshine towards the end of today than what we'll see at the start. back to you guys. >> good deal. looks like spring. 5:20 now. plenty more to come on "today in the bay."

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friends and family are saying good-bye to a fitnesszuru. steve sokoi holds 30 world records including a situp record he set in our studio. 54-year-old sokoi was killed in an accident in his home. he was a regular on "today in the bay" in the area many years ago. >> he was a great guy. >> a really great guy. so into fitness. he said holding your groceries to the car, you can workout.

the roads could be a little slick out there, you could see fog, too. >> our thoughts go out to the sokoi family. he was a great guy. we have slowing out of the altamont pass. this is an accident clearing to the shoulder like it says at north flip road. that's the backup out of traci and stockton off the 580 interchange. the dublin area and pleasanton are seeing a benefit with a lighter volume there near the interchange. a smooth drive to the bay bridge. no problems over the bridge itself except for slick conditions from the fog and mist overnight. misty conditions and foggy conditions here as well as 92 heading over to half-moon bay and north to highway 35. thick fog along the coast for highway 101. further in the south bay green indicators are showing speeds close to the limit and above the limit. watch the slick roadways through the south bay. a look at the golden gate, slick

conditions through the north bay. so far, visibility is okay through san rafael. back to you. 5:24 right now. a big insider trading case goes to trial in new york city this morning. scott mcgrew has a lot of silicon valley ties with this. >> it brought down one silicon valley ceo. the guy on trial is roger rotnum. he's one of the richest men in america. he was arrested there. the feds say he paid people here for insider information. his investment company made stock trades in google and e-bay before big news broke. several people in san jose who worked for or for consultants for companies like intel got involved. roger rotnum also got secrets from chip maker amd. its ceo at the time, hector ruiz, just completed a big spinoff. ruiz left the company as the feds discovered the leaks. mr. ruiz has not been charged in

any crime. happier news, the ipad is one of the most resold high-tech items ever. if you check e-bay you can find the first generation ipad with wi-fi for $200. this is actually a great sign for apple. first, you would think most people selling their old ipad are doing so to buy a new version. and then the old ipad gets into the hand of people who probably wouldn't have bought one and they fall in love and become part of the cult, really. >> no kidding. so many owners out there. thank you. 5:26. a horrible theft leaves a family pleading with the robber to return a loved one's ashes. we'll explain coming up. after a nine-hour standoff here in berkeley things are finally starting to calm down. but this did not come to a peaceful ending. i'm christie smith, we'll tell you what happened coming up in a live report. plus, people in one bay area city could soon be paying $80 more in taxes a year. why the city says it is necessary. and meantime, a live look at

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new this morning the case that could determine if dozens of other drug cases gets toeds toed out of an east bay courtroom. plus, two men removed from a civil suit in a rape case. and tesla gives new life to the plant in fremont. i'll tell you when you can get your hand on the first electric vehicle here coming up. meantime, a live look outside. the shark tank hasn't changed much since the last two minutes we saw it. the sharks are home tonight because they have been on fire. fun to watch them in the home crowd. fat tuesday could be your

celebration on "today in the bay," march 8th. good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. the time is 5:29. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. there's a lot of mist out there this morning. yes, a lot of mist out there. enough to saturate the ground and create sick conditions along the highways. but the bulk of the moisture from the system of high pressure bringing rain showers to northern california is way off to our north. high pressure is in control of our forecast, but what's happening is it is compressing the remnant moisture from the showers we had yesterday morning over the weekend. so we have really dense fog in the south bay where we are not so accustomed to it. temperatures are in the 50s to upper 40s. it is pretty mild. later on today we are looking at some beautiful spring-like temperatures near the upper 60s in some cities. but you have to get through the fog this morning. we'll see what it is doing for

your drive this morning with mike inouye. the fog and mist will be an issue through the east bay sections here of concord and antioch, but the big effect is the volume of traffic at 5:30. we see that kickoff to 40 miles an hour. that's highway 4 in antioch. typical pattern there. the accident is clear here on the shoulder. tow trucks are arriving on the scene, and it is a distraction. 16 minutes before you get into livermore. you are fine heading to the dublin interchange. a live look shows the bay bridge toll plaza. no drama there yet. back to you. in the meantime, we have another update on developing news that we are following in the east bay. an overnight standoff with police in berkeley has ended, but neighbors are still reeling this morning. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live in berkeley with a look at what happened. >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. i can start by saying that since we last checked in with you marin avenue near the alameda is reopened, except that little section you see down there with the flashing lights.

this after a very long standoff between police and an armed man in the home. police are still outside this morning where it happened. here's what we know. this started yesterday evening around 7:30 with reports of shots fired at a home in the 1800 block of marin. when berkeley police arrived they tell me that the man inside actually fired at them as they backed off and evacuated the immediate neighbors for safety. they called in help, oakland police came out and hostage negotiators established contact with the man to calm him down. they won't say why he was so distraught in the first place, but they entered the home just after 4:00 and found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a suicide. they worked hard for a better ending. >> we do everything possible that we can to try and resolve this peaceably. and if that means talking to someone for hours that's what we'll do. we'll sit out here and continue

to try to negotiate to bring about a peaceful ending. >> right now berkeley police say they are still waiting for the coroner to arrive. and they are not releasing the man's name. they will tell us that fortunately no one else was home and no one else was injured. so at this point things are getting back to normal. they are telling me that investigators will be on the scene for several hours. reporting live in berkeley, christie smith, "today in the bay." thank you for the update there. >> 5:33 right now. the fbi is looking for a serial bank robber in the east bay. agents say the chase bank in danville was robbed yesterday and the man got away with $20,000. authorities say a man matching the robber's description robbed a credit union and a hayward bank last month. the family of a murdered traci girl is honoring her memory by reaching out to the community. today would have been sandra

cantu's tenth birthday. they are planning a city-wide event called celebrating traci's children. they will hold free clinics this morning for children 14 and under. two years ago a neighbor killed can true. she is currently serving a life sentence. east bay's law enforcement scandal could impact several court cases. one suspect who is accused of dealing drugs could be back on the streets this morning. the man is charged with selling marijuana and is scheduled to appear in court this morning, but his case could be thrown out because narcotics officer norman welsh investigated the case. he is accused of stealing drugs from evidence lockers and selling them back on the streets. this could be one of many cases that could be tossed. he is pleading guilty to reselling the drugs. he is out on $400,000 bail. this morning police are searching for a thief who went into an east bay church and took a backpack containing a man's ashes.

it happened as his widow prepared for his memorial service at the christ episcopal church in alameda saturday afternoon. marvin's family noticed the backpack missing about 1:30. >> reverend kathy turns to me and says, eleanor, where are the ashes? >> completely surreal. you know, it is the -- you showing up to your father's memorial service and the last thing you expect to hear is someone has made away with the ashes. you know, at the time all you can really do is laugh because going the other direction, it just takes you to kind of a dark place and you just really don't want to go there. >> hockabouts family doesn't know what the value is for the thief, but they just want the backpack returned. a girl was raped four years

ago at a house party, and those accused are free this morning. lawyers made a surprise decision to drop the civil suit against the two. seven other men are still on trial and five of them are former baseball players. the civil trial is underway. a music teacher could be singing the blues if the mount diablo school board plans to cut costs. the school board will discuss eliminating positions of librarians and music teachers. the move would slash nearly $22 million from next year's budget. trustees expect the governor's tax extensions won't make it to the june ballot or it will fail. in total 180 teachers and administrators will be let go if the state funding goes through. the trustees will march vote on march 15th. there could be a special election in june. the city of oakland faces a $46

million budget deficit for the fiscal year beginning in july. mayor jean quan hopes voters pass the $80 temporary parcel tax to help cover police and fire services, parks and recreation as well as youth services. last night five city council members agreed to put the proposed tax on the june ballot if the governor is seeking that. you may be paying more at the pump and not have a choice about it. this morning we have new information from one forward-thinking automaker that could change the way we drive. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in fremont where tesla motors is getting ready to roll out a new electric car. the company says it will be a cut above the rest. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning, laura. let me tell you it is not cheap. you get what you pay for here. tesla motors owns the plant here in fremont and is excited about the new project and venture. the first of its kind as a plug-in all electric sedan

called the model s sedan. and there are various models to fit various pocketbooks. at the top it is the signature series sedan priced at $77,000. now, here's the kicker. it comes with a 300-mile battery. so that means drivers will get 300 miles out of a single charge. that is huge. now tesla says there will be a mid-level model that will last about 230 miles. then the basic model of about $20,000less than the top version running at160 miles. each comes with a tax credit. it is a slick looking vehicle. i like it. it goes from zero to 60 in less than six seconds. production here will start in

2012, so next year. and 5,000 model s sedans will be produced here at this plant, but they hope to ramp up productions by 2013. that means jobs. tesla hopes to employ 1,000 people, so perhaps some of the laid off workers will return to their old stomping grounds. live in fremont this morning, marla tellez for "today in the bay." >> pretty slick looking, too. >> a lot of people have been waiting for them. 5:39. we want to check the forecast. some folks might see a curly hair day out there. it is a little misty. >> you have the frizzies this morning, brent? i have a nice head of hair, and i'm sure lara garcia-cannon agrees. after all, she married it. we are getting heavy fog dense enough to create a drizzling effect. the bulk of the moisture is coming down well off to our

north. the storm track is to the north with the high pressure system moving in compressing the moisture we have leftover. hence, we have dense fog in places that we don't traditionally see it like the south bay this morning. give yourself extra time waking up in san jose, campbell, lo gatos, you need it this morning to make sure you reach your destination safely. 50 in oakland. 52 in san francisco. 51 degrees in san mateo. we are headed towards the upper 60s in some cities today. 65 degrees in fremont. it will be warmer tomorrow. stay tuned. i have the seven-day outlook coming up. i think you will like it. there's a lot happening in the bay area the next few days. stay tuned for that. we'll get you to work if you are part of the 6:00 a.m. work crowd. how is it looking, mike? the maze is moving smoothly approaching the bay bridge. watch the wet, misty conditions. this is the location where christie smith is. the police activity still going on so avoid marin avenue at the alameda. most of marin avenue reopened but still avoid the intersection for the time being. it sound like another hour or so

while the investigation continues there. the big slowdown is still coming into livermore out of the altamont pass. all lanes open with an accident on the shoulder. that's at north livermore avenue there. we'll look at oakland and 880. this is the east bay commute. not so bad with misty conditions in the shot there. be careful out there. 5:41. there's a specialn one nbayn a one bay area city today. we'll tell you where coming up. e

this morning lawmakers trying to avoid a shut down are shooting for a done deal. the white house suggests a two-week extension could spell trouble for business. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with what a budget delay means for the economy. >> reporter: hey, laura. good morning. the white house is now saying that if, in fact, democrats and republicans can't come together to come up with a permanent way to fund the budget for this year, it is this year's budget

that we are talking about, then that leaves a lot of up certainty, continued uncertainty for businesses. and that is not a good sign for an economy that's already in a fragile recovery. so where we are right now, democrats today in the senate expect to vote on a plan to cut about $6 billion from the current budget from spending. republicans want to cut $61 billion. they have approved that in the house and will vote on that today in the senate. neither one of these is expected to pass. the white house has jumped in the middle trying to bring them closer together, but now that vice president biden is out of town they have senior staff overseeing that process. and interestingly, even some democrats say the democratic plan doesn't go far enough. but they don't like the republican plan either. so neither one of these are expected to pass today. it may at the end of the day be a situation where we are almost back at square one. >> thank you very much, tracie. new information this morning about how accusations against

san francisco narcotics officers is affecting several other court cases. city prosecutors now dropped the fourth case involving a group of narcotics officers who were seen in this new video. the surveillance video surfaced last week allegedly showing plain-clothes officers conducting illegal searches. the officers were accused of falsifying police reports. the fbi and the department's top members are investigating the allegations. this morning the catholic church is being asked to put a tighter watch on priests accused of child molestation. those abused by priests say dozens of the accused priests in california are living in monitoring near day cares and schools. they are calling for police to track them like sex offenders. church officials say since they have been removed from active ministry the church has no oversight for former priests. san francisco city leaders are trying to raise awareness about elder abuse. the new district attorney george

kas gascone will be joined by advocates of the elderly to launch the new public service announcements this afternoon. more than 17,000 cases of abuse were reported in san francisco county in 2008. 5:46 right now. today is election day for at least 3,000 people in the south bay. they are voting on a measure aimed to prevent overcrowding in the santa clara unified school district. the measure would levee an annual special tax of $19 on homes in select parts of the district. the money would help maintain neighborhood schools. the ballots must be received by 8:00 p.m. right now let's check in with christina and talk about the weather here. hopefully it will dry out later today, but right now it could be a little misty out there. >> yeah, but this is where we are headed. we'll bring you good news before the bad news this morning. we are talking about partly cloudy conditions. it is going to be a gorgeous day across the bay. in fact, we are transitioning into spring right now, the first official day of spring is on the

21st of this month. so i think that you'll notice more and more warmth and more sunshine as we head through the next few days, especially the next few weeksle. but today is looking really good, 65 in los gatos. now as we head through the remainder of the week we are going to see an even warmer day heading into wednesday. 69 degrees. 62 degrees on thursday with showers late. then on friday the giants will be back on nbc. we are your giants station. we'll catch their game as it is a pre-season game. you can catch the game here on nbc. watch out for a couple showers outside your own door. they will be playing elsewhere, so they don't have to worry about the showers. looking good in scotsdale, 75 degrees that day. we'll check the drive with mike inouye. actually, we'll go back to you. let's talk about spring training. the giants continue to show why

they are the world champs. they are on top of the cactus league to play the mariners today. last night they did face the old rangers. remember that? a rematch of the world series there. the first time the two teams faced each other since then. and pat burrell hit a two-run home run helping the giants to take it 4-1. st. mary's fans just crossing their fingers this morning waiting on the powers to decide if they are going to the big dance. they missed the easy route after losing to gonzaga in the wcc championship. they have to wait to see if they get the at-large chance to get in. good news for the gales, some predict st. mary's should be in with a 10th seed. we'll find out on sunday. we just love this video. the timberwolves are doing something no pro-basketball player has done in decades.

15 consecutive double-doubles. it ties moses malone's record. it is 5:48. traffic of a different kind on the golden gate bridge. we'll tell you why hundreds of people will march this morning. and movie rentals on facebook. one more reason to stay connected. tech news is just ahead. traveling to the north bay, 101 speeds are all right but we are watching for fog. i'll let you know the effects of the overnight weather as well as the overnight sigalert through the east bay coming up. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today.

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so play it safe before you get out and about today. the bay area women are planning to walk across the golden gate bridge to celebrate the 100th international women's day. oakland mayor jean quan will be joined by other city and business leaders as they show support for women's causes and achievements. other countries around the world are also participating in the event. the public is invited to join the walk and you can register starting at 10:00 this morning. and we want to check in with mike this morning to see what you might face as you head out and about this morning. a little bit of fog. >> that's the issue. i didn't want to be left out, i'll start out with the golden gate bridge. you saw the light volume of traffic. you also saw the water on the roadway. watch the slick conditions. the north bay will see some fog, more visibility issues through novato. it is near four miles, but that will change throughout the course of the morning. either side of the bay is looking good. speed sensors near 66 at the bottom of the screen aapproaching the toll plaza, they are all moving nicely for the freeways. a live look at the toll plaza

shows the volume starting to pick up, but no slowing. from time to time we'll see cars waiting in the cash lanes. the buildup has started as far as the volume. and volume out of antioch is building with speeds in the 30s heading over from eighth street to love ridge. typical build for that commute. an early start to the westbound slowdown for livermore sorted itself out. the accident is on the shoulder clearing after the earlier semi got in an accident with a truck itself. and an accident approaching north flynn through central liver is still there. here's the san mateo bridge, we have foggy, mist can i conditions in spots around the bay. here's the hayward side with taillights near the peninsula. over to highway 1 with 92, we have fog through the half-moon bay and heading up to sharp park near highway 35. israel is trying to jump-start the stall in the mid-east peace plan. benjamin netanyahu is going to offer a state with temporary borders. it is hoping the two sides

resolve key issues like claims to jerusalem and the fate of palestinian refugees. the president himself is rejecting any plan that could include temporary borders. charlie sheen is down a tv show and a girlfriend. or one of hid goddesses this morning. rachel olberman is standing right next to sheen there. over the weekend sheen mentioned her absence during his web broadcast but said she would be back. access hollywood says she left for good. and yesterday warmer bros said they fired sheen from the show "two and a half men" but the show is not canceled. no future plans for the show so far. james franco is working on his latest project this morning. the palo alto high school alum is doing a documentary on his mother's play that's going to be staged at the stanford children's theater this week. franco was the student at yale who planned to do the project as

part of his day agree there, but his plans changed. >> yale is not the most friendly to innovative projects. i decided not to do it at yale. we'll do it at nyu and also do this play. so yale is the big loser here and palo alto and nyu are the big winners. >> the play is a modern adaptation of a classic called "met more fa sis." scott mcgrew is here with more news this morning. >> youtube bought a company called next new networks, which is a production house, it makes or helps to make videos like this one called hot for words. youtube has been sniffing around this company for a while making the deal official on monday. now "the new york times" says it was a small deal worth maybe $50 million. meanwhile, would you watch a movie on facebook?

that company is experimenting with movie enare rentals joining the race of netflix and hulu and amazon and apple. part of a deal between warner bros and facebook. the idea is to use your facebook credits which are sort of a currency on facebook to buy the movie. then you have lots of friend recommendations. you would say i like this movie very much and maybe the opportunity for your friends to rent it. >> interesting. so can you use your farmville credits to buy stuff? >> you can use the farmville credits, no, you can't. i forget what the exchange rate is. >> corn and a movie? i don't know. popcorn, maybe. another update on the developing news we are following out of berk looek berkeley. a live report on the deadly standoff is coming up. and we have a better idea why pg&e never prepared the san bruno pipeline, but the federal government may not agree with what pg&e found. taking a live look outside at the beautiful bay bridge this morning. it is gliszenning out there. a little mist in the air as well.

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new this morning a standoff with an armed man in berkeley ends after nearly nine hours this morning. we'll tell you why negotiators were called in and what happened next. and a bay area electric car company says its new car can get you from the bay area to bakersfield on a single charge. the latest on the hot new tesla all electric car. and i'm bob redell live above bourbon street in new orleans with what could be one of the largest mardi gras celebrations ever. we'll tell you why coming up. and a live look outside across thede