on this day in 1906, the great earthquake hit san francisco killing thousands. we'll go live where ceremonies are just getting underway. is someone poisoning pets? the bay area park that is now shut down. it is monday, april 18th, tax day. this is today in the east bay. good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew, let's check in with christina loren today.

>> good haircut. >> thank you very much. >> we have showers around, nothing heavy. enough to get the roads slick. good news is the showers aren't going to hang around all day long. we have the forecast coming up. we are going head toward warmer days. that's on the way. let's get you to work. it's early out there on a monday. how does it look, mike? >> the warning is what i would say. slicker roads. sleepy start to a monday. that could be an issue. no accidents approaching the maze. as you come out of the north bay to the carquinez bridge, construction. it's through the north bay. some of the viewers might see that. nice job across the bridges. scott will tell you what else is a warning for the bridges. >> thank you very much. it is the 105th anniversary

of the great fire and earthquake. we look where the commemoration got started a few minutes ago. we'll bring it to you live. sirens will sound at 5:12. it's the exact time the quake hit. it comes at a time when large quakes are rocking the world today. the 9.0 quake that rocked japan a month ago. it's a good time to remind ourselves how to prepare for the worst. >> reporter: images of the earthquake are distant memories. the 105-year-old is one of three survivo survivors. >> we had several earthquakes. i think people should remember what happened to san francisco. it might happen again. >> reporter: he will be among those marking the anniversary at

the fountain. a crucial point for the survivors after the quake. it killed 3,000 people and left much of san francisco destroyed by fire. in japantown, those attending the cherry blossom festival had their minds on victims thousands of miles away. the images in japan remind san francisco of the past and future. the probability of another quake hitting the bay area in six years is greater than 60%. >> very few people are prepared for diz astzer. have food and water for 72 hours at a minimum. >> the american red cross says it is worth repeating. first, make a plan. know who you would call and where you would meet. make sure everyone in your family has that information,

including children. second, build a kit. it should include first aid supplies, food and water. be prepared. review your plan and get training in cpr and first aid. >> preparedness and a plan doesn't cost money. it's easy to spend money and spend a kit. really, it's the thought that is important. thinking about the plan, communicating the plan. there's a website called 72hours.org. it has what to do during a quake. read it ahead of time. a popular dog park is closed today. a woman took her dog to the park saturday. within minutes, the dog became very ill. she took the pup to the vet and within an hour the dog was dead. animal control officers

investigating the incident. they are trying to figure out what killed that dog. president barack obama is due back in the bay area on wednesday for an online town hall meeting at facebook headquarters. he plans to raise some money while he's here. he will focus on the plan for reducing the deficit. larry says it could reveal more about what the prosecute's ability -- what ability he has to harm a social media. >> the president is tapping into social media better than anybody else has to date. he mastered it in 2008. he's well on the way to doing every bit as much in 2012. >> the president has more than 19 million likes orphans on facebook. it's four times as many as the republican challenger, sarah palin, mitt romney, mike huckabee. that is combined.

a customer recovering after being shot in an east bay parking center. it happened saturday night in san leandro. the man just finished dinner. he was walking to his car when he got into an argument with somebody in the parking lot. the person took out a gun and shot him several times. the search is on in concord for a pistol whipping mugger. the man knocked on a door around 3:00 saturday afternoon. the mugger talked with the man then hit him on the head with a gun and stole the man's necklace. he fled in a silver bmw suv. did pg&e's lousy recordkeeping contribute to the explosion? they want to find out when they meet today. cpuc trying to find out if their

recordkeeping violated law and hurt the safety of gas pipelines. utility could be fined more than $400 million is found guilty. the company was fined $3 million last month for failing to turn over all its records about the pipelines. pg&e is providing emergency responders with more detailed maps. the new information including the size, age and pressure of pipelines. the utility is releasing that data after complaints it maps they provided were insufficient. they have plans to digitize the maps so they can be seen with a computer. reservations and permits at yosemite are such hot commodities ticket scalpers are coming in. scalpers are selling tickets on

internet sites like craigslist. they are issued by the park for free. park leaders are working to shut down the scalpers. let's check in with christina and a beginning of the workweek forecast. good morning. >> good morning, what a gorgeous weekend we had. we are starting out with showers, overcast conditions for the day. a lot of this is going to move out of the area for the second day. showers pushing through the east bay getting a little bit of precipitation. this is what we are expecting by 2:00. mostly clear bay area. a couple lingering clear cells. after that, clearing. then we'll have a nice day tomorrow. temperatures climbing toward 70 degrees. more rain on the way in the middle of the week. we'll break it down for you. these are the temperatures for today. 61 degrees in oakland.

62 in concord. 62 degrees for you in fremont. livermore, 63 degrees, not too bad. take the umbrella with you. by the second half of the day, toss it into the trunk. maybe you have junk to get out of your trunk. i learned the hard way. >> that's true. kick all the unneeded stuff out of your car. more weight means more gas used. close to 63 we are talking about. 62 average. through the dublin interchange, a nice drive. low clouds, mist and drizzle. in fremont, we have a report of an incident off 880 into newark on the right hand shoulder. watch for activity. it should be addressed in a few minutes. a live look at the 92 crossing from 880 to the peninsula sight. smooth dry here.

steady camera. a clear view of the high-rise lights. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's clear there. chp issued an advisory with fog in the area. it will grow as far as the effects on the commute as well. >> thank you much. coming up, a stellar resume may not be enough. why some people think they need this to keep ahead in the job market. why spending more may keep you ahead. the newest gadget about to go up against the ipad. we'll show you the blackberry play book. looking at a live picture of oakland, it's 4:40.

it's 4:43. you are looking at a live picture of the bay bridge toll plaza. things are looking very smooth. we'll check in with mike who worked hard all weekend, coming up in a bit. some people looking for a job are tweaking more than their resumes, they are tweaking their looks. we have one woman who ss it's ienantm hest iner future.

that's how she looked. apparently, there's a problem with the computer there or the tape. we'll get back to it in a minute. higher priced fuel could save you money on your next road trip. diesels get better gas mileage. it's more expensive than regular gas, it is the same price as premium. the math could work out to diesel's favor. the cars cost more, but retain their resale value and prove to be more durable over time. investing in a car is a good idea. $3 and $4 gas is affecting the economy. let's turn to nicole. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. futures are low as investors are dealing with global head winds today.

saudi arabia cut oil out buck. crude is pulling back a little bit today. we are below the 109 a buck a barrel mark. we get a bunch of data out this week on housing and unemployment. the earnings marches on with dow reporting and a fifth of the s&p 500 reporting. we hear from citigroup at the top of the hour. the dow rose to 12,341, nasdaq inched up four to 2764. speaking of gas prices, they are averaging four bucks a gallon. aaa says new york is the latest to top that mark, joining alaska. you over there in california, connecticut and illinois. michigan could be next with $3.95 a gallon followed by indiana, nevada and wisconsin. aaa says the national average is

$3.86 a gallon. it has risen for the past 26 days straight. those high gas prices are not changing americans car buying habits. consumer reports says despite the $4 a buck gasoline, their next vehicle will be the same size at whatever they are driving now. 20% say they will upgrade to a bigger car or truck. go figure. >> you can always count on americans to drive big stuff. let's talk to christina and see how the week is going to shape up. good morning. >> good morning to you. it's going to be a nice day. second half of the day, in particular. a lot of you haven't gone to sleep yet. when you wake up at noon or 1:00 p.m., you will have missed most of the shower activity. action pushing through oakland. enough to make the highways slick.

take it easy. travel with caution. after the beautiful weekend, no one wants to start out monday with showers. it's not going to be a wash-out of a day. everything turns more spotty as you can see here to the north. these little showers push on for the second half of the day. subsiding by 3:00 p.m. that's good news. as you make your way home from work, mostly clear conditions over the bay area. here is what you can expect for temperatures. 64 in santa rosa. 64 degrees in redwood city. the seven dayout look shaping up like this. a roller coaster week in the weather department. by the end of the weekend, temperatures really start to climb, mid-70s. 71 degrees on saturday. 75 sunday. maybe warmer, still a little bit early. i think it's going to be beautiful. back to you, scott. >> thank you. the as take a day off before

hosting the boston red sox tomorrow at the coliseum. watch the as beat the tigers yesterday. the as batters did their job at the plate in the fifth. bases loaded. josh rips a two-run homer to make the score 4-0. right, there we go. the as go on to win, 5-1. back to that plastic surgery story we were talking ability. in this tough economy, some people looking for a job are tweaking themselves in addition to their resume. here is the story. >> reporter: in an industry where looks really do matter, nikki wants to get back to work. her secret weapon is something that won't show up on a resume. >> it gives you a bit of an advantage. if it's done right, you look

healthy and rested. >> frown. >> reporter: botox, to be exact. it's a way to stay ahead of potential competition. >> i'm getting older. there's going to be younger women vying for the same type of jobs. who knows, they may have an advantage because they are younger. >> reporter: she is not alone. in this tough economy, plastic surgery is on the rise. doctors perform more than 13 million plastic surgeries in 2010. it's a 5% increase from 2009 according to to american society of aesthetic surgery. they attribute it to people who want to look younger as they look for new jobs. >> they want to feel confident about themselves when looking for a new job. >> reporter: this doctor says it's not just people looking for new jobs. male babe boomers also come in. >> they have a job they really want to keep and they want to look good at the job and not

look tired and old. that's when men come in. >> reporter: they usually get an eye lift, a surgery up 3% in 2010. the majority involve an injection, not a scalpal. >> it's about $300. >> it's easier to splurge a little bit. >> reporter: especially if it helps land a job. >> botox was the most popular nonsurgical procedure. the most common is breast augmentation. more than 300,000 american women have that procedure done each year. the tablet hoping to give the ipad a run for its money. details on that. the walnut creek highway interchange 24 is looking good. what you need tot

4:53 right now as we take a look at the san mateo bridge. we'll check in with mike. if you haven't filed your income taxes, now is the time to get moving. normally, it's april 15th. this year, the april 15th was emancipation day in washington, d.c. so, taxpayers were given three extra days to file. some post offices will stay open late today to help you with those last minute filings.

really, you could wait until 11:00 tonight to start. >> yeah, 11:45. >> sure. no reason to rush into it. >> when you have nothing to report -- let's out to the roadways. 63 you see over on the right as i divert your attention, that number is down from 66. you may be seeing the traffic start to build off that. i showed you 24, a smooth drive off that walnut creek interchange. the east shore freeway, a disabled vehicle reported. it eesz off to the shoulder. a nice gs 430 lexus on the side of the road. a live look at oakland shows glowing lights. there's moisture in the air. the fog is around. we'll watch for advisories. so far, just the bay bridge with a warning. thank you. >> thank you much. in the helm of tablet computers,

the rest of the world is playing catch-up to the ipad. another company trying to catch up is research in motion, better known as r.i.m. mark barger has a look at it. >> see, everyone needs a great playbook. >> reporter: that's what research in motion is hoping. the company that made blackberries hot in the cell phone world is looking for heat from the play book tablet. >> everybody knows people work and play on the same devices. >> techlicious.com has more. >> i took this picture of my son using the camera. the camera does a very nice job. >> reporter: dan give a thumbs up to the web browser. >> they probably got the best implementation of flash than we have seen in any other tablet so

far. >> reporter: the initial playbook is wi-fi only and needs a bluetooth connection to access e-mail. >> so tightly tied into the blackberry e coe system. unless you have a blackberry user and carry it with you all the time, it's going to be hard to use the play book. >> reporter: it has 3,000 apps available compares to 300,000 for apple. >> if you are looking to migrate because of the tablet, it's not going to happen. it's perfect for existing custome customers. >> reporter: is it enough to make the playbook a winner? stackers raced around the clock for world champion sport stackers. we didn't speed up that video at all. competitors say besides being

fun, it promotes good hand-eye coordination. johnny carson is where it got its launch in 19. bryan stow, the giants fan who was so brutally beaten.

new this morning, san francisco gets ready to remember a dark day in its history. good morning, i'm marla tellez. we are going to tell you how the city is paying tribute to the 1006 earthquake and fire. >> reporter: another disaster in san francisco and san bruno. a key deadline for pg&e in its state investigation. that story, coming up. plus, a major setback in efforts to save a giants fan who was brutally beaten on opening day. a live look outside from the south bay hp