>> reporter: i'm bob redell live in the south bay. what should the prosecution do next in regards to barry bonds? there's plenty of advice. that story is coming up. the decision is coming in as to whether hundreds of east bay teachers will keep their jobs. and the rail line searching for a new leader. it's thursday, april 14th. this is today in the east bay.

an east bay forecast and christina loren, good morning, christina. >> good morning, scott mcgrew. a little bit cloudy to start out. overall, it's better than what we had yesterday which was shower activity. this morning, it is chilly. we are headed toward the upper 60s. warmer tomorrow. i have the forecast. first, let's get you to work on time with mike inouye. mike. >> hello. around the maze, we'll see how things are shaping up. an easy drive. we had a couple earlier accidents. eastbound 24th was blocked for a period of time. there might be a crew hanging out finishing up paperwork.

i'll show you another incident, coming up. >> thank you very much. giants home run king, barry bonds is a convicted felon. wednesday, the jurors got him on one count of obstructing justice. the lawyers asked the judge to throw that verdict out. jurors could not come to a decision on the other charges. so, the department of justice has to decide whether or not to retry it. bob redell has more on the trial costs. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. the federal profession sent $6 million to prosecute barry bonds. the question is, do they go forward and retry them. we thought we would give them a little advice. we have early risers like

anthony. good morning. >> morning. >> reporter: do you think they should retry him on those three perjury counts? >> yeah. i think so. perjury is a serious offense. >> reporter: a lot of people are saying it's not as serious as other crimes. it's already cost $6 million, in that neighborhood. what would you say? >> lying in the courtroom is serious to me. i say go for it. >> reporter: are you a barry bonds fan? >> no. hate barry. >> reporter: do you think that played into your opinion at all? >> no. i'm less bias. >> reporter: thanks for hanging out with us. take it easy. they said they are going to contest that if it is not overturned. if he remains a convicted felon.

theoretically, it could send him to jail for ten years. federal sentencing guidelines call for two years. not many are saying that, either. if he remains convicted, he would end up with a form of house arrest. bob redell, today in the bay. >> we appreciate you finding the as fans there. stay with nbc bay area. you can find analysis from the giants writers and a photo gallery recapping bondses career. a teacher accused of molesting a student will answer to charges this morning. charles redman accused of a lewd act on an eighth grade boy. he faces charges of child pornography. during the investigation, he fled to mexico, then came back across the border to san diego where he was arrested.

redmond taught at park middle school for the past 27 years. meanwhile, gunfire kills one man, hospitalized another. the double shooting happened at 8:00 lath night at international boulevard in the san antonio district. police have not released the details. no suspects have been arrested. hundreds of oakland teachers with layoff warnings last month will keep their jobs. they say the district will not lay off any regular elementary schoolteachers or 17 music teachers. now teachers without proper certification to teach english learners will get layoff notices on may 15th. the superintendent says she's trying to figure out whether they will have to lay off middle and high school teachers and counselors. this morning, b.a.r.t.'s board of directors is searching

for a new leader. d dugar turned in her resignation. she will receive almost $1 million in severance pay. her last day on the job, april 22nd. today, police in brentwood will zero in on drivers texting or holding phones while talking. part of the distracted awareness campaign will be fined. the second ticket, at least $279. they are cracking down from 8:30 this morn to 6:30 this evening. a law making committee has the first vegs version of the dream act. california law provides k-12 education for undocumented

immigrants and allows them to apply for in-state tuition. the bill's author says his bills are a step in the right direction. >> it ensures investment we made in the children. as a matter of law, we provided them education k-12, now admitted them to the finest institutions. we should treat mem as other students and this law permits that. >> this bill is not sitting well with others such as tim donnelly. it takes away from dollars from actual californians. it is 4:37. let's check back in with christina. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott mcgrew. it's early out there. you don't have to add x tra time to the east bay commute. we don't have sures coming down. cloud cover coming in from the

pacific. we are going to see a mix of sun and clouds. one thing we are noticing this morning, a big difference, it's cold out there. 30s in some cities. 39 in napa. 44 in oakland. 43 in concord. livermore, you need the jacket this morning chlgt leave the umbrella at home. we are in store for a significant warm up. i have the temperatures coming up. right now, maybe you are rolling out the front door. how does it look on the roadways, mike? >> it might be cold but you have to keep moving to keep warm. a 14 minute drive there. closed for maybe another 90 minutes. you can use the canyon road north of the exit. castro valley, no problems for 580. it reopened a short time ago.

a live look outside the san mateo bridge. the camera is holding steady. the roadway is dried out. the morning, not a problem. >> 4:38 now. coming up, east coast police tell us why they are interested in a pay area serial killer. a dramatic rescue saves a former california university president. buyers remorse. the credit card making it easier for you to go giant to giant buildings and return stuff. back in a moment.

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welcome back. it is almost 4:42. you are look at a live picture of 880 as it starts to gum up a bit. we'll check in with mike. meanwhile, accused of four murders in northern california linked to others coast-to-coast. joseph appeared in a marin county courtroom on charges he murdered four women, so-called cold case that is date back to the '70s. jodi hernandez gets reaction from one of the victim's families. >> it's hard, you know. it's very hard. you have every emotion that you had 34 years ago come flooding back. >> reporter: that's the reaction of the family to see their alleged loved one's murderer in

court. the killings of three other northern california women. investigators say they found photographs and writings by him in his reno home that linked him to the deaths. they say there could be more. >> the case is ongoing in an investigative posture. we have the counts that we believe the evidence is sufficient to prosecute at this point. >> reporter: he's accused of killing two women in the '70s and two in the early '90s. all of them with first and last names starting with the same letters. similar to up state new york's alphabet murders of the 1970. he lived in the rochester area at the time. tonight, her niece who is named after her aunt talked to us by phone. she hopes for closure for all the families. and a death sentence for him. >> it's never been forgotten but

none of us imagined my family to imagine that after this amount of years that something like this would come up and there would be, you know, a chance for closure. >> reporter: he will be back in court to plead to the four murder charges. jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. a dramatic rescue saves the life of a former college president who drove into a canal. the fete caught on tape. the 93-year-old veered off a road, through a fence and ended up in the canal. he gave himself more time by standing up in the sunroof there. rescuers arrived just in time to pull him to safety. he's the former president of bakersfield college. disabling a ring of internet

thieves responsible for infecting 2 million computers worldwide. they are using software to exploit vulnerabilities. it's the biggest accident taken against cyber criminals. for more, let's turn to nicole live at cnbc. good morning, nicole. >> reporter: good morning, scott. wall street ended mostly flat. stocks got a boost from jpmorgan's earnings. economic growth remains moderate around the country. oil is above 107 buck as barrel reversing the two-day decline. asia and europe is low today. it's giving us some pressure. we have data on the unemployment report. google reporting earnings this afternoon. just to recap, the dow rising seven points to 12,270.

nasdaq up to 16721. it's all making headlines this morning. bp is facing angry protesters today. nearly a year after the explosion of the deep water horizon led to the gulf coast oil spill. they are expected to voice their frustration over the accident which a report blames on the failings of bp's management. some of the biggest shareholders including two public pension funds will vote against the report and the re-election of certain members. after a long delay, apple may be close to selling that white iphone after all. apples asian suppliers have sta started production. that means you may see them in stores in the next month or so. they had a lot of manufacturing issues with the white iphone. trying to keep the paint from peeling under heat.

i don't know. iphone fanatics including yours truly, right now, i have this cheesy case on the back of mine. >> you have two phones because you have to have a blackberry with nbc. i'm waiting for nbc universal comcast to give us all iphones. >> yes, please. let's make that public. >> i think i just did. >> it doesn't matter. i like it. mr. roberts, are you listening? sir? >> sir. nicole, thank you so much. christina doesn't complain about the bosses anytime. >> never. i love my bosses. we are looking good. we have mother nature as boss and she's providing gorgeous conditions for us. yesterday, a soggy start. today, we are going to see the sunshine return. the temperatures will be able to climb into the 60s. give your heater a break later

on today. this is kind of interesting. we have an interesting set-up here. the storm track dividing the state in half in terms of where high pressure is keeping things clear and where we are seeing the showers. you can see now, the clouds are coming into the bay area. high pressure is going to build today. that will bump the storm track to the north. it's going to stay to the immediate north. we have about a 10% rain chance each day for the next few days. still under the influence of high pressure. it will still climb toward 70 degrees and a few showers here and there especially in the north bay. an interesting set-up. i wanted to point that out. 45 degrees in san jose. gilroy, 46. bring a jacket. 67 degrees in concord, 66 in fairfield. warmer, i'd say, a touch warmer than the east bay. today, upper 60s. tomorrow, the 70s.

as we head through next week, a significant warm up toward the end of the week. it's when we see the 80s return. this is not too bad. not too bad at all, what do you think? >> if you are looking for a plus, the warriors ended on a high note. golden state gave their fans something to cheer about last night beating portland 110-86. the off season is a big focus for the warriors. the gm promised a roster shake up. all we are waiting to hear is what will happen, who is on their way out. the one last jam for the season. for the third straight night, the as and sox played on the south side of chicago. the ath lets get a 1-0 lead. the white sox will counter with four runs to pull them ahead. go to the top of the ninth. bases loaded. two out. cliff pennington gets a shot off

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good morning, if you are feeling sorry for yourself being up at 4:52, these people got up earlier than you. you are looking at a live picture of the san mateo bridge. folks don't want cal trans to widen the highway. they say the $80 million project threatens the natural habitat and wastes money. a meeting about this will take place at the tea center starting tonight at 6:30. meanwhile, we have a lot more coming up in the bay. laura is in the news room. good morning. >> good morning, scott. good morning, everyone. we have a suspect in the sexual assault of a stanford grad

student. flights taking off at the san francisco newly renovated terminal two. we'll take you there live. remember the riots in cairo? a 76-year-old woman fended off people trying to break in with a kitchen knife and rolling pen. she's going to join us live on set to tell us about that harrowing experience. we'll tell you about that and more on today in the bay. scott. >> looking forward to it. good morning, mike. >> good morning, scott. a nice overview, we are expecting slowing, but none now. it's 4:54 in the morning. an 18 minute drive from the bridge. drier roads this morning. a nice forecast from christina. she'll give an update. oakland, a live shot at 880. a good number of cars in the southbound direction.

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>> reporter: what should the prosecution's next move be in the barry bonds trial? the prosecutors are going to get the opinions of early risers, whether they like it or not. there's strong opinions out there. i'm bob redell with that coming up. a warning for students on the stanford campus. police release a new description of the man who attacked a woman in her bedroom. >> reporter: i'm live at the san francisco international airport where terminal two is officially open for business. what the buzz is about coming up in a live report. >> maybe we should get on a plane and head out of town. it's thursday, april 14th, 2011. this is today in the bay.