warmest day of the week so far. actually probably of the year. good morning. >> you're right on, you always know. good morning to you. i've got one. good morning to you. yeah, it's going to be a hot one, let's get right to your graphics this morning. high pressure is building in. it's driving those offshore winds. as a result of those breezy conditions that are pushing from land to sea, that's warming us up so today our temperatures will be in the 90s out here in the east bay where we're live this morning. walnut creek, i'm going 90 degrees. san francisco 83 degrees. i do believe you'll break a temperature record today. we'll talk more about records, where they are and which cities are the best bet to shatter those records today so we'll talk about that coming up and we'll have a lot of fun out here live all morning long. hey, you've got to get to work this morning. maybe you're driving through walnut creek. how are your highways looking. >> good driving through the walnut creek interchange. 680 at 24 all the way down through san ramon where you saw

earlier construction, that has cleared just north of the dublin interchange. 680 in the south bay is moving smoothly but we do have our sole incident at mckey road. reports a driver called and said they hit a deer. no report on the status of the deer. it sounds like all lanes are clear but there will be a car on the side of the road and i'll let you know if we have to block any lanes but that's the activity in the south bay. we'll look at the rest of the community. laura, back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll keep checking back with you this morning. we also want to check in with damian trujillo. today is supposed to be the hottest day of the year and that of course brings up the threat of fire danger. damian joins us live with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this is, of course, wildfire awareness week all over california. let me show you, they have this demo area here at the cal fire station in morgan hill. you want to have some evergreen brushes and shrubs around your

home just to make it defendable is what cal fire calls it. this one is a little close, they'll have to trim it back a little bit to get it a little away from the home here that they have. the tree over here on this side is -- the branches are hanging over the roof of this demo building. that's a little dangerous because if this tree caught fire, it would provide fuel immediately to the roof of this home right here. let me bring in battalion chief jim crawford with cal fire. we've had a lot of winter rains. what kind of a concern is that for you and your crews? >> first the rain in the wintertime and early spring is an opportunity for a lot of the plants and grasses to grow, so when we have a lot of rain, obviously we get more growth out of those plants. for us it's a bigger concern because once those materials dry out and the ground dries out and so the fuels have less water available, they basically turn into things that can burn. >> reporter: and it's up to homeowners to help you defend

their homes and that's by providing that 100 feet of clearance. otherwise, some of your homes might skip over their homes because it's not defendable. >> our biggest concern is that people make their home defendable for us so that we can go in with our suppression folks and be tiebl able to suppress a around your house. in many cases when we have a fire, particularly one that's spreading very fast, resources are coming from other places in the region. fires can move very fast through a neighborhood and people need to take the time and work with our partnership to make it possible for us to defend their home. >> reporter: battalion chief jim crawford with cal fire. they have been busy already. a brush fire at morgan hill on sunday, fires up and down the state already and so they're prepared for it. they're going to electroeverything at it. in about two weeks, summer workers will be here providing

protection for all of california. i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." >> we can see that it's getting dry, the green hills already turning brown. also want to turn to a look at the other day's news this morning. marla tellez is live in the newsroom with an important warning from the fbi. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. yeah, that's right. the fbi is asking computer users to be careful this morning when checking e-mail. the agency says unsolicited e-mails supposedly showing death photos or videos of osama bin laden could contain a virus. the malicious software could steal your personal information and infect your computer. fbi officials say social networking sites such as facebook have also been hit with this virus. it urges users to adjust privacy settings to make it more difficult for people to post that material. former president george bush is refusing an invitation to

attend ground zero with president obama. he appreciates the offer but has chosen to stay out of the spotlight after leaving office. president obama will visit ground zero tomorrow to mark the death of osama bin laden. well, back home here in the bay area, we should learn more about a big meth bust in contra costa county today. a u.s. attorney will hold a news conference at san pablo city hall. 17 people have been indicted in federal court in oakland on charges of operating the drug ring. most pleaded not guilty this week and are now in custody for the time being. they're accused of stashing or selling meth in several cities, including richmond, san pablo and antioch. this morning san francisco police are trying to track down a man who used muni as a getaway ride after stealing a woman's $23,000 violin. police say this man here dressed in all black snatched the woman's violin and her cell phone after getting past

security at the san francisco conservator of music just last week. a woman at the conservatory spotted the man walking away with the violin and followed him to the muni station. she then called police. the violin is a one-of-a-kind instrument made in the early 1900s. almost a thousand dui cases are up in the air this morning after the santa clara county district attorney's office announced some hand-held breathalyzers used in the field may have malfunctioned. the device in question is known as the alco sensor 5. prosecutors say condensation can collect in the device skewing the results. san jose police have recalled their devices. one dui attorney says this proves breathalyzers don't work. >> i've had clients who tell me they have had very little to drink and they sometimes get a high result and it's because of problems with these kinds of machines. people are getting arrested wrongfully, so it's a big

problem. >> the d.a.'s office says it does not use these results from the hand-held devices in court. instead, they rely on results from blood tests or from breathalyzer machines that are not hand-helds. reviewing all 865 cases in question will take about a month. well, california's fiscal crisis has come to this. kids may not be able to go to school for the whole school year. christie smith is live in oakland with more on governor jerry brown's plan to send kids home early for the summer to help balance the budget. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. yeah, this is quite a bit of time we're talking about, nearly a month of public school instruction, losing about 20 days. now, we've been talking with commuters, people going into work this morning about this idea and universally they seem to be giving it the thumbs down, saying it's really the wrong place to cut. now, in the past two years, california has already reduced

its school year. over the past decade, the norm was about 180 days of public school instruction per year, but many districts are already below that due to financial reasons. but the further reduction is what governor brown and districts are warning could happen without the extension of higher taxes. bad idea, one commuter just told us. >> short term i don't know if it's going to actually make that much of a difference to the budget. long term i think the effects will be substantial when it comes to the future of our young people in this country. >> reporter: state schools chief tom torlakson opposes this saying it would put us behind our global competitors like japan and china where the norm is more like 200 or 220 days of school instruction. hurdles include getting teachers to go along with it and lawmakers. governor brown is expected to

outline cuts in the next two weeks as he revises his budget. from there it's up to local school districts to make decisions on what to do and how to handle it. >> thank you very much for that live report. it's going to be hot today. it's time to get a look at our very warm forecast with christina loren live in walnut creek this morning. how's it going? >> it's all right. you know, it's not too cool out here this morning, marla. good morning to you. we're going to see some hot temperatures. that's a word we've taken out of our vocabulary for quite some time but it's back in the mix, especially in the east bay, where temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s. high pressure is the reason why. i've opinion talking about this all week. it's set up right over the bay area driving those offshore winds. that's what's going to warm us up today significantly. high pressure usually warms us up, but when we see these dry, downsloping winds out of the northeast, they set up and really warm us up.

so today that's what's happening. 90s, east bay, you will be the warmest area. livermore 90 degrees. 90 degrees in concord. when it comes to the records, they're actually pretty high for today. this is where we're expecting to break those records. santa rosa, 90 degrees. sfo, 83, forecasting a record for you as well and you can see our temperatures dip a little bit for tomorrow and then we really start to cool off back into perfect weather just in time for mom's day. mother nature, yeah, she's a mother so maybe she did that for herself this year. mike, how's it looking on the roads this time of the morning? >> moms should always treat themselves well, especially mother nature. the bart station, some of those outdoor stations, folks might have a little longer of a wait, macarthur station in particular, teb-minute delays in all directions heading out from oakland. due to trackside maintenance.

the bay bridge, light volume there. the travel times for the approaching freeways, a very nice easy flow. 60 to 65 for most of the freeways and access roads. 680 southbound at mckee a car hit a deer. the deer is not located in the area. the car is in the center divide and possibly in the fast lane and there's a fuel leak reported. so far it's just near the fast lane so just use caution and head to the right lanes passing through the area heading towards the 680-101 interchange. laura, back to you out there at walnut creek. >> that's right, we're live out here at walnut creek as our tour around the bay continues. this morning why there is such a thing as a free ride here in walnut creek. also, bob redell is across town. >> we're here at the lindsay wildlife museum where we found out we're not the only ones who get up at this insane, ungodly hour. more coming up. this was so easy.

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good morning, everyone. i'm laura garcia-cannon. welcome to our tour across the bay. this morning we're helping you wake up in walnut creek this morning where there is such a thing as a free ride. these great trolleys are in service and they're free. the thing about it is that you can pick them up from a bart station and they run from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and it's all free. now, the great thing about that is a lot of cities have to grapple with a lot of budget cuts and concerns. there was concerns of having to cut this service and not make it free, so so far they have been able to keep it running. william told me that he didn't have to get up early because he's just one of the busy people. how are you doing this morning. >> good morning. >> i'm just going to jump on board. this is a big one and you make

the round all day long. >> all day long from i think we start at 7:00 in the morning until about 8:00 at night. >> and you go all around the plaza, downtown, anywhere you want to get on, get off. >> downtown and back to the bart station. >> i think you deserve to have a big tip jar. >> i don't think we can do that. >> but it would be nice, wouldn't it. >> it would be nice. >> there you go. if i was mayor, i'd make it happen. thanks, william. hey, we also want to check in with our very own bob redell. he is in walnut creek as well to show us this really unique living museum. explain it, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. we're at the lindsay wildlife museum. there are a lot of creatures living. that guy has been frozen in time, otherwise he looks like he'd be coming down from his perch to maybe get a little meat from a nice little reporter here. but we're here to talk about these. it is rattler season. it's starting up on mt. diablo

which is one of the main features of walnut creek because as the heat -- as things get warmer, snakes do come out. we've got devon with the lindsay wildlife museum. that might look olympic a rattler, right, if you were just to glance at it. but if you look at its tail, it clearly isn't, but this is a snake that is commonly mistaken to a rattler, is that correct? >> absolutely. this is a pacific gopher snake which are commonly mistaken as rattlesnakes. for somebody just walking by, all they'll see is a brown snake and assume that's a rattlesnake. >> reporter: of course this is the real mccoy. it's got more of a pointed arrowhead where this is more slender. a common misperception about rattlers for people who encounter them in the wild whachlt is it? >> well, common misperceptions, of course, that it's immediately going to strike at you. of course if you come across a rattlesnake, you want to keep your distance from it, but

chances are it will just stand there and be aggressive and let you know it doesn't want you around. the best thing is step back, keep your distance and enjoy it. >> reporter: so you don't want to -- so the instinct might be to run because it's okay if you take your space. >> of course. you want to make sure you give them their space. you know, six or ten feet is plenty for them. >> reporter: laura, what's interesting and perhaps sad is that the lindsay wildlife museum has a hospital here where they take in 6,000 animals a year. that's quite a year. you do see rattlers. people have killed them and chopped off their head. what would you say to those people that are doing this. >> for the rattlesnakes that come in, we always educate the public. unfortunately if they are killed, then that creates another problem in that the territory that that snake was occupying is now open. >> reporter: like if it was your backyard. >> exactly. now other rattlesnakes will come in and compete and be more

aggressive than the one that was originally there. >> reporter: very interesting. i didn't know that. if you want more information go to wildlife-museum.org. >> that one sounds pretty safe, the choo-choos but i'm glad i'm safe right here. we've got a lot more to come here on "today in the bay." including, we're going to shave a city councilperson's head. and also a clear budget picture this morning for a couple of bay area counties. we'll have the very latest. and 580, the tri-valley, where christina has her eye on s ettyurig, hvetemperesuri', i'v got my eye on pretty good speeds as well. i'll show you what things are like across the bay and what might affect you crossing the bay coming up.

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good morning to you. we're back out here live and you know what, it's one of these mornings in walnut creek where if you have the chance to get on outside, just poke your head outside, it's a beautiful, beautiful start. the whole east bay, clear conditions and that pretty much goes for the entire bay area right now. offshore flow has pushed that marine layer well off to sea, so for us today we're looking at clear conditions, but our temperatures will be able to climb under full sunshine and those warm downsloping winds. let's get right to your graphics this morning. temperaturewise as we head throughout the day today, it will be relatively mild. we'll see our temperatures climb into the upper 70s for the first part of the day and then the hot stuff really starts to kick in as we head through probably noon into the 4:00 p.m. hour. that will be the warmest time of the day. if you're someone who works outside, we haven't had temperatures this warm in months so make sure you're ready for it, you're drinking lots of water, and seek shade whenever

you can today because 90 degrees is pretty warm. we're going 83 degrees in the city. you're rolling down your win doughs in san francisco by about noon with warm conditions even in the city. it will be a beautiful day to get on outside. your seven-day outlook looks pretty good. we'll drop off in temperatures. our temps will come down to about 84 degrees. then we are back in the 70s this weekend. mother's day, a little cloud cover, nice, light breeze and a beautiful temperature in the mid-70s so we're looking towards gorgeous conditions. right now let's get back to more news with marla. >> okay, thank you very much, christina. good news, santa clara valley medical center was named a five-star award winner in the national excellence in health care award by an industry group. its rehabilitation facility was honored for being the only one in the south bay that treat brain and pienl cospinal cord i.

the burn trauma center one of only two in northern california, received high marks for treating life-threatening injuries that are caused by a fire. the time is 5:22. let's get a check on the roads. mike, what's going on? >> not a lot and that's great news as far as the commute goes. we have a lot of cars and that's going to bring the speeds down, but right now we're looking at the 70s. 24 and interstate 80, we're looking at 680 through that walnut creek interchange not far from where christina and laura are located out there live today. we'll show you the peninsula. we have a nice drive through san mateo as well. 101 and 280 both at the speed limit past 92. there is an issue further south as you're getting across the dumbarton bridge. the eastbound direction still has one lane blocked for roadway maintenance that's going on. the westbound side has opened, but the eastbound side is open but you still have one lane closed heading over to the east bay. 880, we'll get a look at that past oakland and the coliseum. a nice smooth flow northbound. no problems southbound.

the bart delays we heard of at the macarthur station are not reported on the bart website but we heard about track maintenance going on. there may be 5 or 10-minute delays. i'll track that and let you know if we hear of anything. time to talk budgets. the budget crunch in contra costa county will leave more than 100 people without jobs. this is mainly in the public safety department. the county board of supervisors approved a budget that includes nearly $47 million in cuts. that means the county is getting rid of 138 jobs, including 42 positions from the probation department, 28 from the sheriff's office and 12 from the district attorney's office. of course those cuts will have huge impacts. the district attorney says he'll have to scrap crime prevention programs and cut back on prosecuting misdemeanors if he makes those cuts. the gap between revenue and spending in san francisco will continue to widen during the next five years. this is according to the city's

mayor. the budget gap is expected to balloon from $283 million this year to $829 million in five years. officials say it's because of employee pension costs, wages and other benefits. the new report is part of the city's first-ever five-year financial plan. high tech meanwhile seems to have plenty of money. scott mcgrew joins us now. lots of big companies snapping up the smaller ones. >> good morning, marla. let's start with electronic arts on the peninsula. the world's largest video game company really got caught flat-footed and people started to spend more time playing those 99-cent games on iphone or ipad instead of the more expensive xbox that ea makes. so they're going to buy little game makers. how much? nobody is saying this morning.

silicon valley chip equipment maker applied materials expected to announce it's going to spend $5 billion to purchase a company based in making transistors. it's not a sexy purchase but it's a big one and a continued sign that silicon valley can still throw its weight around. and tomtom says it will pay more attention to who it sells its gps data to after it was revealed police agencies have been analyzing the data to figure out where people speed. cops didn't bust individual speeders, rather they bought the data fair and square and used it to figure out where to put speed traps. it's like the fisherman who used the sonar to figure out where the fish are. i was noticing, laura, that mike had 79 miles an hour on the peninsula on 101? that might be a pretty good place. >> all right, thanks so much, scott. i was taking it easy out there on the roadways this morning as

i made my way to the beautiful walnut creek where here they're going to be taking it off for a good cause. a city councilperson and a police officer doing their part. we'll have the very latest for you coming up. >> reporter: are california's budget problems so bad that public schools could lose nearly a month of instruction? that's an idea now being floated. i'm christie smith. we'll tell you what taxpayers have to say about it coming up in a live report.

i'm laura garcia-cannon live in walnut creek this morning where it is a beautiful morning. we're waiting for the sun to come up. as i mentioned, 20 cities in 20 days. it's a nice way to kick things off this morning. we're going to have warm temperatures as well. we'll check in with christina loren. she's got the forecast for us. good morning, my dear. >> good morning to you. yeah, you don't have a heavy

jacket on this morning? >> i don't think we need it. it's warming up. >> it's warming up and, boy, by this afternoon you're going to be doing this just to keep cool because it's going to be a hot one, especially in the east bay where we are live in thoerng in walnut creek. it is a clear, crisp start but breezy conditions. those warm, downsloping breezy conditions are going to warm us up into the 90s. at the coast, perfect conditions, 82 degrees in places like pacifica. a gorgeous beach day on tap if you have the day off work. if you've got to get to work, we've got just the guy to help you out. hi, mike. >> it's looking like a lot more folks are on the roadways. we talked about how the east bay commute is a little longer for some folks and that's why we have that highway 4 slowing. now construction that was there is gone. it's green back for the eastbound direction. westbound speeds into the 50s because of that commute

building. we'll look at sunol 680 as a few more cars heading southbound with taillights out of sunol into fremont. 680 would be the connector from san jose where i am back up to walnut creek where laura and christina are. i would love to join you but i've still got these maps to build. now turning to the day's top story, the governor with a radical proposal to drastically cut the school year. some people already not very happy about it. with those details, we turn to christie smith live. >> reporter: good morning to you. no, not happy at all. this is quite a bit of time we're talking about, nearly a month or 20 instructional days. this is time in the classroom behind the desk that students would lose. it's quite a bit of time when you consider that right now the school year is only about 180 days at most school districts in california. and the feedback that we're getting this morning from taxpayers is that we really can't afford to do this to our young people but this is what governor brown and school districts are warning could happen for the next school year

without an extension of higher taxes. now, republicans are saying this could be just a scare tactic, but this is the idea that's being floated. now, it's estimated that cutting just five days could save a billion dollars for the state, but one taxpayer just told us, it doesn't matter, the cost is too high. >> my opinion is they don't have enough time now, okay. and our kids are lagging behind in science and mathematics against other countries and things like that. >> reporter: the state schools chief opposes this but says he realizes there could be no other choice. there is still a number of hurdles to this, though. the teachers union and lawmakers would have to sign off on it. the governor is expected to outline deep cuts as he revises his budget. from there it's up to local school districts to decide how to handle it. reporting live in oakland,

christie smith, "today in the bay." now we want to continue to look at schools, bond measures as well. marla tellez joins us live from the newsroom with that and more. good morning. >> thank you very much. good morning to you, laura. that's right. it was election day yesterday. the results are in after that important election day for a number of bay area schools. they're counting on parcel tax measures to help balance their budgets. in alameda county, both the new haven school district and pleasanton school district parcel taxes both failed there. in contra costa county, the lafayette school district tax passed but the john swett district failed. in san mateo, it passed for the ravenswood and san carlos. the jefferson district failed. dave pine won the supervisor's seat. in santa clara county all four

ballot measures passed. that means los altos, cupertino, sunnyvale and loss gatos-saratoga districts will get more funding. a gang member is in custody after reportedly shooting at a pittsburg police cruiser. the 27-year-old, dyrel jones, ran a stop sign and crashed his car into a wall near railroad and atlantic. then he ran into a nearby apartment complex. we have a look at chopper video of the chase. you can see what appears to be bullet holes in the front windshield of the officer's car. the good news, the officer was not hurt. it has been nearly four years since journalist chauncey bailey and two other men were shot and killed in oakland. today the trial of the two men accused in those killings is nearing an end. prosecutors have rested their case. prosecutors say bey ordered bailey's killing because bailey was investigating bey's family business, the your black muslim bakery. bey is also accused of ordering

the killings of two other men during the summer of 2007. the defense plans to call only a few witnesses to the stand. closing arguments should begin next week. well, along with the rising temperatures we're all enjoying outside, there are rising concerns that fire season could heat up earlier than usual. damien trujillo is live in morgan hill where a backyard burn ban is in effect. >> reporter: that's right. this is wildfire awareness week and we are at the demo area for the cal fire station here at morgan hill. if you're going to have bushes around your home, they have to be evergreen like this one right here, kind of a fire resistant. but this is low so they want you to trim back some of the foliage so it's not so low to the ground and it's a little close to the home so trim back some of the branches because you want to make your home as fire safe as possible, especially during this

time of the year. that means if you live in fire prone areas, that's what you need to do in order to allow firefighters help them save your home. firefighters say wildfires are preventible and are started by humans 94% of the time. crews fear about the consequences of all the winter rains this year. that means the larger than normal brush and shrubs can be a catalyst, a fuel for the fire that could get out of trial. this cal fire station in morgan hill has been especially busy with big fires up in the santa cruz mountains. these crews required mutual aid from two other agencies on sunday when a brush fire on morgan hill charred several acres, so they have had practice. >> already we're seeing where the soil is starting to dry out and the grass is starting to turn brown in a lot of areas. the fuels are very thick, very continuous this year all over the bay area and california. >> reporter: and that's a concern?

>> it's a concern because eventually the grass is going to season out and it's going to die. >> reporter: there have been 7,000 wildfires in california in the last five years alone and crews will only save the homes they have a chance to save. you can give them that chance my providing 100 feet of clearance around your homes. this tree here in the demo area of the cal fire station is not a safe tree. it's very close, the branches are very close to the demo home here. if you have dry leaves in the gutters or even on the rooftop, it's perfect fuel for a fire that could potentially get out of control. mainly cal fire is reminding folks to be prepared and clear the brush around your home. we are live in morgan hill. i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." >> great information for homeowners, especially knowing today's hot conditions are on the way. christina loren is live in walnut creek this morning. you're wearing a turtleneck but

it's cold right now. >> i guarantee you i'll be trading this in for the short sleeves later on today. many people will walk out their front door right now and the next couple of hours in short sleeves because it's pretty mild. i'm not alone out here, we've drawn a crowd. oh, yes, it's getting quite active out here on broadway plaza. we want to talk about your weather because winds got one of those as t we haven't had in quite some time. high pressure is the reason why. dry downsloping winds driving those winds offshore. they're warming up as they move from land to sea. so what we're expecting as we head throughout the day today, high pressure will build in right on top of the bay area. we will see breezy conditions. the breezier it gets, the warmer it gets so the east bay one of the wind prone areas in the bay, you are expecting the 90s today. 90 degrees in livermore. i'm forecasting records today.

i forecasted a record in san francisco. i think san francisco will have 83 degrees. as we head throughout the remainder of the week, temperatures drop so this is it. this is the one day you need to be aware of. we'll fall to the mid-80s by tomorrow and then fall even more as we head into your mother's day weekend. back down to the 70s. i'm back out here live in walnut creek. we're having fun and will bring more of that fun to you throughout the show. right now let's get a look at your traffic with mike inouye. >> we're having our own good time. crowds gathered. let me hear it, guys, in the studio. thank you, mike and gina and marla. let's look at the maze and we have a nice flow of traffic, just about the speed limit but highway 24 still showing higher speeds so that is a problem for you if you get caught. we're looking at construction that's scheduled to pick up on interstate 80 getting over to highway 4 that. will go on until 6:00 a.m. but the willow avenue off-ramp will be closed until forever. but on friday, a new off-ramp

will open making local access better so i'll give you that look ahead. that's good for residents through that area. antioch still slower, 36 now registering on the l street sensor but slow over to love ridge. a live look at oakland where they're building a bit with the northbound traffic with taillights coming around high street but no major issues on speeds. on average, 60 to 65. also 680 coming into walnut creek is pretty good. you got there okay this morning, didn't you? >> oh, yeah. actually no problem at all. just me and the truckers out there on the road. and now me and my great new friends are about to take a little off the top off of this city councilperson this morning. we'll tell you why and who's getting involved in it coming up. >> reporter: and i'm bob redell standing in front of some of the er reesur creureswn kno to mankind here in walnut creek. coming up, one of man's favorite

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good morning, everyone. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're live out here in walnut creek this morning where they're taking it off for a good cause. they're going to be taking off a little bit of the top here. he is from the city council here and you're participating in -- it's really for a good cause. >> it's for a great cause. it's st. baldrick's foundation. sergeant edwards with our walnut creek police department and the whole team has come together. this is the second year we've done it. we're raising money to support families with kids battling cancer, so it's a great cause. >> as you mentioned, this is sergeant edwards joining us this morning and stephanie, who's going to do the royal duty. she's from shine salon. this is not the first year that you're participating in this. >> no.

we started it last year for the first time and four months after we had the fund-raiser, one of our sergeant's 4-year-old daughters had a malignant mass taken out of her abdomen. she's doing great. zt ba st. bald rick's was a huge asset. they family so we're paying it back. >> it just shows of what a great example of how it's keeping it right here in the community. it's unfortunate that we have a thing like cancer in our lives but writ rally it has touched everyone's lives and this is a unique way to touch other people. >> last year we had 30 or 40 people that came out. there's an event next week. how much did you raise last year? >> 32,000. >> it's a big deal. in walnut creek we have a great time. i know you've been having a great time walking around and seeing how wonderful it is. it's such

also a fantastic community. when someone in our family, someone in our community is having a tough time, we rally around it and this is another great example. >> that's why we're taking you across the bay area this entire month to different cities to highlight all the great things and that we're really all communities together. that's what it's all b all right, we're not going to stall any longer. good thing it's the hottest day of the year. okay, to do your thing. >> have you ever had it gone? >> it's nice. it's very convenient. it saves you some time in the morning getting ready. >> not even a wash and go, you just go. >> it's a quick scrub and we're off. it's fun. i mean as you can see, my sacrifice here is not that significant, i have to admit. there's other people that when they came out for the shavings last year, there's people that have given a lot more.

stephanie, are you participating this year? >> i am. i am volunteering as a barber as well as a shavee. >> oh, wow, good for you. >> lannie is going to lose a lot more. we even had a couple of the ladies from the police department participate last year? >> two dispatchers had their hair cut off as well. >> look at that, everybody doing their part. it's kind of unique. but there's also some big little things, trains we're talking this morning? we want to check in with bob redell. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. we're here at the lindsay wildlife museum. coming up we want to introduce you to one of their perfectly posed furry friends. he's not camera shy at all. but we want to take you next door to the museum to larky park. when you think of trains here in the bay area, you've got all

sorts. electric, in the south bay, but here in walnut creek, they like viewf tiny. tiny. >> don't like that word, do you? >> reporter: ted moreland, how are you? >> i'm doing fine. >> reporter: a 360-degree view of the diablo valley lines. >> the layout itself is about 50 feet by 34 feet. >> reporter: so you would say this is the largest layout in ?

potters town. the town of thompson flat. cinder hill, nevins. what we have here is diablo yard, which is the main yard for the railroad. >> reporter: is this complete? >> no. >> reporter: it's not? >> no. >> reporter: what still needs to be done? >> anything. it's never complete. a model railroad is never complete. a model railroad is never complete. you you keep changing it or you tear it down and start something brand new. and that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: it's an addiction? >> yeah. yeah, it is. >> reporter: remember that guy on the adams family? >> yes. >> reporter: why e out here? egative. >> that's a negative. >> you meant to blow them up? >> of course. why else would a grown man play with trains. >> reporter: some of the questions you get asked? >> did you set this up for this

show? >> reporter: they have no idea this actually took two weekends. >> yeah, right. two weekends. >> reporter: i'm in the middle of an interview right now. you want me to ask him what? how long are all the tracks here? >> we have over 1500 feet worth of track. >> reporter: over 1500 feet. >> all hand laid. >> reporter: and please stop calling. all right, thank you. my mom says hi. what drew you to this? >> back when i was a little kid i got interested in model railroading. it's my drug. and it doesn't do me too much harm. it's fun. it occupies my mind. >> reporter: the walnut creek model railroad society located

in larky park. they're having their next show not this weekend but the weekend after, may 14th and 15th. you can get more information by going to their website wcmrs.org. and that's right next to the lindsay wildlife museum. you know they get 6,000 animals in here each year that are brought in by people that live in the east bay or actually from all over the place to come in and be treated like this little guy. this is a gray fox that came up from humboldt county down to here. he's unfortunately not going to be able to be released back into the wild but fortunately he does have a permanent place here at the lindsay wildlife museum. he's running around a lot and doing very well. they take in even squirrels. you can see the sign my nest. he's in this bundle of newspaper right there fast asleep and lots of birds, lots of owls. here's a barn owl. it looks like he's asleep, but

he's been here since 2004. he was actually found in davis with a broken left wing. here's a great horned owl. hey, guy. he's obviously wide awake, found in castro valley. been here since 1999. incidentally, the same weekend of the model train show, the wildlife museum is having free admission so it's something you can feed off. if you want to go to the maugod train show and come here for free, you can do that on the same day. for more information go to wildlife-museum.org for more organization. laura. >> look at that, bringing us some samples of some great things in the bay area. a lot of people may not have known about. thanks so much, bob. that was a lot of fun. and you know what, the weather certainly cooperating across the bay area. not a spot of rain in sight, right? >> not for at least the next 10 to 15 days. yeah, we've got a long dry spell and today, a warm, warm day ahead, especially in the east bay, where temperatures are forecast in the 90s. high pressure is the reason why. we have a really strong ridge of

high pressure. today it is at its maximum energy. it's situated right on top of the bay area and it's driving those downsloping, dry, warm winds, pumping from land to sea. they're warming up on the way and will bring our temperatures up into that 90-degree range so you're probably going to need to run the fan tonight if you're in one of the cities that are anticipating the 90s. at the coast, a whole other story, 80s today, the low 80s. i don't to 83 in san francisco, depending on whether you're on the water or right downtown. it's going to be absolutely gorgeous in oakland as well, temperatures right around 85 degrees. but you hit 85 in oakland, that's a new temperature record. i'm forecasting 90 in santa rosa, another record. in san francisco, i believe you too will break a temperature record today. back here live, we're having a great time. it's crystal clear, you can see the sky, an absolutely beautiful start. the su sunrise over walnut coming up. sunrise over walnut creek never

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welcome back. it's 5:55. a dogfight between two well known and respected animal shelters over heart-breaking ads asking for your money. >> hi, will you be an angel for a helpless animal? >> the bay area spca is accusing the national aspca based out of new york of misleading donors with ads that do not disclose exactly where their donations would go. the spca claims the majority of donations sent to new york do not make it back to the bay

area. >> i'd say about 10 to 15 times a week we're getting e-mails or phone calls from people who have sent their check to aspca but are calling us to follow up, where's their t-shirt or why haven't they received this or that, clearly misunderstanding that the check that they sent went to new york city. >> aspca tells us the claims are without merit saying the national organization has given a million dollars to california a year for the past four years. apple has something new to tempt its fans, and scott, it's not a new iphone or ipod so what? >> you remember those old-fashioned things called computers? like the desktop kind? apple big news intel chips inside. there's talk on the blogs that intel might start making chips for other apple products. that would be really big news. shares on open table under pressure a day after its ceo

quit. jeffrey jordan seen here on our sunday morning program will become a venture capitalist. the company's stock fell big on the news, despite the fact that the online reservation service actually upped its profit. lots of questions in the air after the death of osama bin al bin laden? yahoo! though, says its search data shows a significant number of searches about bin laden were indeed phrased as "who is osama bin laden." yahoo! says when you look at what young people are searching, they're searching for is he really dead? how did he die? who killed him? how old was he? and finally a few of them are asking who was he, which is a real generational gap. i suppose some teenagers would have been about three or four. >> it's hard to believe. it makes us all feel old, doesn't it. thank you very much. well, we're certainly waking up bright and early this morning in walnut creek where we're going to show you a very unique

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