♪ good morning, i'm christie smith, live in san francisco general hospital this morning, where san francisco firefighters are mourning the loss of one, and pulling for another who is still hospitalized this morning. we'll have an update on his condition, coming up in a live report. and the secret pain now public. this morning, jaycee dugard relives her kidnapping, and reveals why she didn't try to run for almost 20 years. and seven days, and still no sign of a missing nurse. why the s.w.a.t. team is getting involved in the search now. and alive look at the bay

bridge outside on this friday morning, june 3rd. this is "today in the east bay." good morning, everybody. i'm marla tellez. it's 4:30, we want to check your forecast with christina loren. good morning. >> yeah, we have a wild weekend on tap in the weather department. we are expecting a lot of rain, especially towards the coast. we will break that down as the morning goes on. eve got a pretty good grasp on what's going to happen. we'll talk about that. right now, it's nice and clear out there. you're going to have the first part of the day to get those outdoor activities done, and then the changes arrive. we'll talk about that coming up. now let's get you to work with mike. hi, mike. >> good morning, christie. things are looking pretty good on the roadways, as well. your typical closure overnight, they have been able to get there on the road crews. weather not so bad through anti

okay, just a lane or two off hillcrest and another on the westbound commute direction. keep that in mind. meanwhile, we'll look at the bay bridge in a nice overview. and we have a smooth flow of traffic. as christina has been telling you about, that's going to change. we'll watch your morning commute. we don't want any unpleasant surprises. >> we want to keep it friday light. thank you, mike. this morning, we begin in san francisco, where firefighters are fighting back tears, struggling with the death of one of their own killed in the line of duty. and now another fireman is battling for his life. they were overtaken by a wall of flames while fighting a fire in the diamond heights neighborhood. today in the east bay, christie smith is live outside the trauma center at san francisco general hospital, with the latest for us this morning. christie, certainly a tough story. >> reporter: it is. you know, the entire san francisco fire department is in mourning this morning. for the loss of one, but, of course, they still have to pull

together. they're pulling it for another firefighter still here this morning. we have seen a couple of police cruisers come in. they have been very supportive through this tough time. and we have also this morning seen a couple of san francisco fire trucks come in and they haven't said anything to us. but they seem to be here at the hospital this morning, and very supportive. just yesterday, just a heartwrenching scene. we saw san francisco firefighters out here, police, city leaders, lined up at san francisco general to say goodbye to lieutenant vincent perez. it was very emotional as the medical examiner took the 48-year-old's body away. perez was very well-liked, a 21-year veteran who actually grew up in san francisco. he and two other firefighters got into trouble yesterday at a house in diamond heights. crews say a possible flashover happened inside the home they were at, which was too hot. an unexpected explosion. 53-year-old anthony valero is

still in critical condition. his brother told us he has burns over 12% of his body and was placed on a ventilator. >> pretty gruesome. you know, no one wants to see it. but, you know, you have to. i had to say him, had to talk to him for a minute. i don't know if he could hear me, but had to say pull through. my mom did the same thing. my mom is struggling to keep it together. >> reporter: he says that doctors are most worried about his lungs, because the mass that he was wearing actually melted. his mask. firefighter tracy courtney was treated for smoke inhalation and released. chief white saying about perez, he will be sorely missed, and our prayers are with the family, and are very much grieving this loss. that's the latest from here, reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the east bay." >> breaks your heart. thank you very much, christie. firefighters are saying this morning that diamond heights fire was especially dangerous

because of a sudden ignition that caused a room to burst into flames. firefighters call those types of bursts flashovers, which can cause temperatures to sky rocket to 1,000 degrees or more. today in the east bay's george shows us how traumatic and dangerous flashovers can be. >> reporter: if you've never seen a flashover, this is what it looks like. a fire so hot, everything in the room just bursts into flames. >> the flashover is really the end of the fire phase, where it's almost spectacular in some ways, where it reaches its maximum ignition, maximum burn, and what happens is all those particles that are in the smoke, all the furnishings, products in the room, are simultaneously heated to a point where they completely come bust. it's unpredictable. >> reporter: the fire chief says a flashover can happen in seconds. >> flashovers can reach anywhere from 1,200 to 1,500 degrees,

even at the floor. so for firefighters caught in something like that, it's going to be unsustainable. it's going to be typically significant injuries or even death. >> reporter: and you can see from these fire masks what intense heat can do. >> this mask is about ten seconds or less away from failure. and you can imagine at 5 to 600 degrees what would happen if that super-heated gas were to come into contact with his skin, let alone his lungs. >> reporter: that's why he and his firefighters train and simulate flashover conditions to learn how to survive them. >> you want to read smoke, read the conditions, understand what you need to do. >> the fire in diamond heights marks the first time in eight years that a san francisco firefighter has died in the line of duty. and now we want to check your weekend forecast with christina loren. switching gears a bit. >> good morning to you. we don't have any fire weather to worry about for quite some time. typically this time of year, that's when we start talking about the concern for fire

weather. but we have this really abnormal set-up over the pacific. and it really is just relentless. we're expecting very heavy rain all across the board this morning, especially if you're waking up towards the coast, if you live on the peninsula and marrin county watch out this morning for possibly showers as we head throughout the day today. this is what we're looking at. low pressure is going to ride along the coastline as we head throughout the week and set up shop just off coast of the bay area. so what that means, it's going to continue to pump rain right over the coastline as we head through probably saturday and sunday, even the first part of monday. also, we have so much instability out there that we're expecting some pretty strong isolated thunderstorms, gusty winds, flooding. yeah, something that you usually don't associate with june. this is what we're looking at in terms of weather. the rain moves in as we head throughout this afternoon, and it just doesn't stop, all the way throughout your saturday. saturday is the worst of it. by sunday, we'll get a little break from the first part of the day. by noon, that action ramps up once again. and really, if this system just

kind of sits here and doesn't move, if it stays stationary, we could be talking about heavy rain, even on monday morning. so i've got your extended forecast. i'll tell you what i think. a lot of the models are just not agreeing on the forecast. this is a tough one. but, hey, i've been watching it for quite some time for you. i'll have your seven-day forecast in a minute. now let's check your drive. >> wow, models not agreeing, sounds like the tyra banks show. smooth drive right now -- excuse me, got a cough. westbound 580 moving nicely. as christina is talking about, might be a messy drive heading out if you're going to the sierra. take note of her report coming up on what's developing today. 680, pointing out a number of spots for construction. northbound at al costa, a couple lanes brolocked. then slowing around sick more valley road. might be blocking that on ramp, as well.

and towards the walnut creek interchange. 680 and 24, close to the limit. heading over through oakland, a live shot. more construction, flashing lights blocking two lanes north from high street, at the top of your screen -- actually, middle of your screen, all the way from fifth to do you want. back to you. >> thanks, mike. more than 18 years after being kidnapped and held captive in a backyard, jaycee dugard's story is finally being made public. today in the east bay, jody hernandez has the emotional message from dugard to the couple who held her captive. >> she wanted jaycee to know that she is sorry for what she did. >> reporter: through their attorneys, nancy and phillip garrido expressed remorse for kidnapping jaycee dugard and holding her captive as a sex slave for some 18 years. >> she said there's no way i can express that. i stole your life. and i am responsible for it. and i don't blame anybody else but me. >> he did what he did today for

her. you know, he entered this plea for her, so that she wouldn't have to go through a trial. >> you know, this guy is a hard-core sexual predator. >> reporter: and for the first time, we're learning just how vicious the couple was. in jaycee dugard's unsealed grand jury testimony, she describes how the garrido's used a stun gun to kidnap her as she was walking to catch the school bus. once in their car, she recalls hearing phillip garrido laughing, saying, i can't believe we got away with it. garrido later used that stun gun to keep the girl in line. threatening to zap her if she wasn't good. jaycee also describes how she was kept largely alone for her entire first year in captivity at the antioch compound, forced to have sex at least once a week. assaults garrido sometimes videotaped. as she grew older, she says she didn't try to escape, because she felt she was helping prevent something similar from happening to someone else.

>> i think it's fair to say a nightmare has come to an end. the and that now it's her, her children, her mother have to go about the business about getting on with the rest of their life. >> reporter: at the sentencing, jaycee's mother lashed out at the couple. she read a statement from the now 31-year-old, saying, i hated every second of every day of 18 years, because of you. and the sexual perversion you forced on me. i hope you have as many sleepless nights as i did. jaycee dugard's mother says the only thing that brings her satisfaction is knowing the garrido's will never, ever lay eyes on her daughter again. or on jaycee's two young girls. she told the garrido's, the girls know their despicable secret, and there is no love lost. jaycee dugard and her family currently live in seclusion. jaycee is set to release a book about her ordeal next month. >> that, of course, is our jody hernandez reporting. coming up on the trail of a

missudent. nursing t.tuden we'll tell you why an east bay s.w.a.t. team is searching this wooded areawe now.

new this morning, 4:44, a man accused of pointing a gun at oakland police officers is in custody after a manhunt that lasted most of the night. police say no one was hurt in the shooting, which happened at 67th avenue and bancroft streets. about 8:00 last night, police say they shot at the suspect

after he pulled out a gun and aimed it at an officer. the man managed to run away through nearby yards, but police managed to find him, just after midnight. meantime, seven days and still no sign this morning of missing nursing student michelle lei. in hayward, s.w.a.t. teams followed up on what they believed was a potential break in this case, searching the niles canyon area, where lei's cell phone last pinged saturday. now, a ping happens when a phone communicates with a nearby cell tower. the s.w.a.t. team says they didn't find anything significant during their search. lei has been missing since friday when she disappeared during her rounds at kaiser hospital in hayward. her family and friends are holding a candlelight vigil for her tonight in hayward. three bay area hospitals are facing $50,000 in fines today. they're among 12 hospitals statewide being penalized for

noncompliance with state licensing requirements. contra costa regional medical center was find for violating its medication policies. kaiser hospital in san francisco was fined regarding surgical procedures. mills-peninsula medical center in burlingame was also cited for not following its surgical policies. and in santa cruz, dominican hospital was fined over patient monitoring. the hospitals have ten days to appeal. 4:46 now, april showers bring may flowers, but what's not springing up in may? jobs. for more on that and the news before the bell, we turn to nicole lapin. she is live at cnbc world headquarters this morning. we need those jobs. good morning, nicole. >> sister, we do. i wish it were raining jobs. it's not the case. futures are lower ahead of that big daddy. the jobs report coming out at 8:30 eastern time. job growth likely to lose a ton of steam, and japan's earthquake sapped the economy. 160,000 jobs. that sounds like a whole bunch

of flowers. no. that is actually the smallest increase, marla, since january, and economists are even coming out saying that the whisper number, that's maybe what it could be, could be a lot less. so we're bracing ourselves. unemployment is also down 8.9% and u.s. stocks holding their breath. investors concerned about what the print is going to be. yesterday we were mixed ahead of the jobs report. just to recap, the dow fell 41 points, 12,248 is where we closed. the nasdaq composite rose 4 points. 2773 is where we closed there. also making headlines, the u.s. government selling its remaining 6% stake in chrysler to the automaker's owner, fiat. it will reap $650 million, sounds like a whole bunch of coin. but the u.s. invested $12.5 billion with a b in t.a.r.p. money as part of the forced bankruptcy, not only of chrysler, but gm. the sale announcement comes as president obama is visiting a

plant in ohio today. he is expected to tout the success of the bailout, as well as saving american jobs. well, mr. president, we will wait and see for the jobs report coming out in a few hours' time. a neighborhood grocer could get fresh competition from walmart. walmart is testing a small store format called walmart expressed, aimed at remote and urban areas without a nearby grocery store. the first prototype opens in arkansas and two others will open in chicago this summer. walmart expressed it's going to stock -- they say it's less, 13,000 items -- it's not a small store, but that's compared, of course, to the 100,000 items at a typical walmart super store. so they have a few things at walmart. i don't know if you've heard of it. >> oh, yeah, we love those big box stores, don't we? >> absolutely. you can find anything there, right? you can find like oranges -- you know? >> okay, nicole lapin. >> clothes and whatever. >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome.

now we are turn to christina loren for a look at your weekend forecast. rain is coming, huh? >> yeah, even if you're trying to hit the walmart tomorrow, not going to be easy. a lot of rain on the way. it's going to continue all the way throughout your weekend. if you need to get your outdoor plans taken care of and you have this morning free, go ahead and do so, because as you can already see, clouds ahead of the front pushing in, mostly cloudy conditions over san francisco, the entire peninsula. even the south bay right now. but look at that, a break over the north bay and the east bay this morning. so we're looking pretty good for you in the east bay. this is what we're expecting. low pressure system right now. it's actually developing just off shore. it's going slide to the south as we head through the next 24, 48 hours, and then it's going to stay stationary, justified sit and spin and pump rain up along the coastline. we could see some pretty heavy flooding if thing just doesn't move. as we head through the next 48 hours, which is actually what some of the models are calling for. so this is what we could see. this is actually what i do believe will happen. we're going to see some pretty heavy rain up to an inch in san francisco. heavy rain along the coast, gusty winds. isolated thunderstorms. because it is so warm, because

we are in june. we do have a lot of instability associated with this system. so i think we're going to see quite a bit of thunderstorm activity. here it is. we'll set your future cast in motion. 9:00 a.m., nice and dry. but you see that front is approaching the bay area. here it comes. we get rain all day long after about noon today, up in the north bay it starts. i'm thinking more like 2:00 p.m. along the peninsula. then it continues all the way through your saturday. of by sunday, we're getting a break. but take a look at this. i stopped the clock for you at 4:00 p.m. sunday. it looks like we're picking up a thunderstorm here, a pretty strong one, at 4:00 p.m. on sunday. so that's when we're expecting the very active thunderstorm activity. so here it is. saturday, heavy rain. sunday, our focus turns to the thunderstorms. then monday, if that system does not go anywhere, we could be dealing with rain all the way through tuesday oo, be even. i think it's going to be out of here by the second portion of your monday. so this is what it looks like for the rest of the week. finally, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, the 70s are back. the sunshine comes out.

and boy, i'm missing it, marla. but we're going to get some for the first part of today. >> okay. we'll enjoy it while we can. thank you, christina. right now, 60,000 acres and spreading. a wild fire is burning out of control in eastern arizona. it forced the evacuation last night of the small town of alpine. of 1,000 people are being forced out of their homes as the fire races closer through dried-o dried-out forest land. 800 firefighters are fighting the flames. lost and found. a missing dog from colorado winds up in california. how he's getting a one-way ticket to the home he hasn't seen in a year-and-a-half. and it's a smooth drive through this portion of 580 heading up into downtown oakland. you might expect that for this time of moing. o i do see some slow downs, problems, flashing lights. i'll show you where as you head

up to oak town in just a minute.

talk about a long way from home. a missing dog from colorado ended up in california. now the brown lab is going home after a year-and-a-half on the run. 7-year-old buster brown was found wandering salinas last week. how he crossed hundreds of miles, no one knows. thanks to the micro chip you said his fur, employees at the animal shelter were able to track down his owner in boulder, and give her the good news. >> and she has been looking for him, she has been missing him, she kept his stuff in the house.

and just really sad that her dog was missing. thought maybe he was stolen, or maybe a mountain lion got him. so was thrilled beyond belief. >> talk about a survivor. first-class treatment for buster brown today. frontier airlines is flying him home for free. much more coming up on "today in the bay." we're going to check in with the one and only lauren gar see ya. >> don't you wish that dog could talk? >> i no he, what have you been doing for a year-and-a-half, buddy? >> hopped in a cab with a trucker? i don't know. 4:55. good morning, everyone. we've got a major announcement expected today in the criminal case against a former private investigator and three former east bay law enforcement officers. that word from the contra costa district attorney's office. more on that this morning. plus, a court appearance today for the prime suspect of the beating of giants' fan brian stow. those stories and more. it is friday, finally. see you soon.

>> we all made it. tgif. >> so far. >> thank you, laura. coming up on the "today" show. the boy bands are back. ♪ >> oh, yeah. the new kids on the block and the backstreet boys are teaming up to perform together on one stage. and they're even combining their names to -- are you ready for this? nkotbbsb. that's coming up this morning on "today." now we're going to turn to mike. i know you're an nkotbbsb fan, right? ♪ ♪ oh-oh >> don't get me started. let's go over here to oakland, where, wow, we got stuck in the back of a car. let's go to the live shot, because my maps have frozen on a bus. we don't want that to be the case for your commute. so we'll go out to the live shot where i was going to show you a smooth drive on the maps, but there was a temporary disturbance. northbound 880 here at high street, we had for the last five minutes a lot of flashing lights, a couple lanes blocked. they cleared the crew from the scene.

now they have just moved past the bottom of your screen and getting off the freeway at the 66th avenue on ramp. so things are now cleared, just cleared from oakland column -- or i'm sorry, o.o coliseum. we'll get a live look at the toll plaza with light volume. friday light, but we're watching for the rain as it comes into the afternoon. so there may be problems. back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up, the latest twist in the case of a suspected thief tracked by a mac. and another day, another s . we're going to tell you which one, just ahead. stick around.

good morning, i'm christie smith, live at sf general hospital, where the san francisco fire department is grieving the loss of one firefighter, and pulling for another still hospitalized this morning. we'll have