apology. >> i will apologize to any italian americans not in the mafia. >> state budget talks nearly turn into a brawl. why two state lawmakers nearly come to blows on the state assembly floor. a live look outside the golden gate bridge, waiting for a warm-up today. it is thursday, june 16, this is "today in the bay." >> good thursday morning. thanks for joining us. 6:00 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a little something for everyone in the forecast today. >> mixed bag of tricks. you always hear that. i like when people say that in the weather department. good morning to you. we have a little bit of something. hot weather today, we're going to be on our seasonal average, it's june, about a week away from the start of summer. and then as we head throughout the coming days we're going to get a beautiful stretch of fair weather, low 70s at times.

even inland. i'll break that down for you. let's get you to work now with mike inouye. >> it is 6:00 a.m. things aren't so bad for 6:00 a.m. we're looking at the maze. look at these speed sensors. travel pretty good for the freeways. there is a game tonight, it's 12:35 midday game so expect slowing past the coliseum. that might interfere with your noon time get away. keep that in mind. here are travel times. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza showing the volume starting to pick up. a little late for a thursday. we'll see metering lights in about 20 minutes. there is that haze developing as well. >> 6:01. a young man will be arraigned today after being arrested for refusing to pull up his baggy pants. just before taking off on a flight from sfo. marla tellez is live with an update. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this story is one that everyone

seems to have an opinion about. it was yesterday morning that when 20-year-old deshon marman had made his way through a security checkpoint like the one you see here, he was successful in going through security. it was after he boarded u.s. airways flight bound for albuquerque when he was arrested for refusing to pull up his sagging pants. he is from san francisco where his mom lives but he plays football for the university of new mexico. his mother tells us he was asked by employees to pull up his pants before boarding the plane. he said he couldn't because his hands were full. so after getting situated on the plane, he did as he was told and pulled up his pants. by then the pilot had ordered everyone off of the plane and marman was taken into custody for trespassing, battery and resisting arrest. his mother says her son was stereotyped and the airline owes him an apology.

>> i want them to take this off of my son's record. >> i think they owe him an apology? >> yeah. it's not like he a's discriminating. he couldn't pull up his pants because he had too much luggage. >> what if he refused? what if the -- >> if he refused, what is america if you can't do whatever you want. >> u.s. airways says it does not have a dress code but expects passengers to dress in an appropriate manner that does not offend passengers. marman's mom tells us he had just attended his best friend's funeral yesterday. his friend was shot and killed in may in san francisco so that was a few weeks ago. it was after his friend's funeral that he made his way back to sfo to head back to unm to head to albuquerque. he is sitting in san mateo jail.

he will be arraigned a little later this afternoon. >> marla, i don't want to be graphic but was it indecent exposure? do we know? >> reporter: you know, one airline employee tells the "san francisco chronicle" that his back side was exposed, i mean i think we've all seen that before when the pants are so low that you can see the boxers that they are wearing programs. i'm not sure if that was the case as i said and an employee says that's what they witnessed. but again, the question is you know, is this worth an arrest. >> interesting to see. if photos emerge as well. >> 6:04. this morning search volunteers are sought to find missing nursing student michelle le. her family and the class kids foundation will hold a three-day search starting tomorrow through sunday. though hayward police are treating this case as a homicide the family is not giving up hope of finding her. organizes say the nils canyon

area may be the focus even though police have gone through the area already. the 26-year-old student was last seen on may 27 at kaiser permanente hayward medical center where she was doing rounds. this morning the man caught on cell phone video in a home invasion in oakland is behind bars. >> will you please leave? how'd you get in here? >> oakland police say the 47-year-old dionne mcdaniel raped the 28-year-old woman who somehow had the wear with all to get on her cell phone and shoot the video of her alleged attacker. mcdaniel was found hiding 18 dog house yesterday a short distance from where the woman lived. >> this morning it appears revenge by suspected child molester has a san jose teen on life support and her mother in critical condition.

investigators say 60-year-old jerry steel shot the women in the head yesterday as a form of payback. steel is accused of sexually assaulting the teen earlier this year. investigators say ashley volore andler daughter moved to crescent city to start a new life. but steel allegedly tracked them down and tried to kidnap them. when that failed police say he apparently shot them both in the head. volore's neighbors are shocked. >> horrible. they were both really night. she was really nice. she was sweet. >> police found steel at a park and as they approached him, he shot himself in the head. >> this morning a new low in sacramento politics. lawmakers aren't pulling punches when it comes to the budget. things almost came to blows on the state assembly floor as lawmakers tried to iron out a budget deal. >> let's not buy the insurance policy that tony soprano is selling us. >> i take offense to the

reference of the sopranos as a proud italian american i resent that and ask the commenter to make apology to italian americans in california. >> i will apologize to any italian americans who are not in the mafia and engaged in insurance scams. my reference is not lost on any one here. this is not an attack on any one. >> republican assembly man don wagner's apology did not calm things. assembly man warren confronted wagner, no one was hit but things did get a little physical. despite the bad behavior a budget passed. among the notable elements state vehicle registration fees increase by $12. a sales tax approved for items online will also be under way and the state's higher education will be cut by $300 million. >> this morning in an effort to save money and protect the environment and reduce our dependence on foreign oil drivers in the bay area are

asked to ditch their cars and hop on public tran silt. christie smith is live with more. prices at the pump are inching up. it's tempting. >> reporter: it is. i think a universal way to get someone's attention is offer something free. that's what b.a.r.t. is doing on this national dump the pump day. there is a catch. first, this morning they are going to hand out these stickers starting at 7:00 this morning. and then if you're spotted wearing them midday, then you could win a free $20 b.a.r.t. ticket. 12th street city center, embarcadero or downtown berkeley as an alternative to the gas prices we're seeing. i just paid $3.50 a gallon. that's down from what it was a few weeks ago. our recent study showed that if a two-car family got rid of one car, they could save about $10,000. b.a.r.t. is showing a video they say was rejected at gas pumps.

i spoke with a rider whether he thinks these ticket giveaways will get people to try b.a.r.t.? >> the same people who ride every day probably the same ones going to get the tickets. so i don't know if it's going to change. not because people who are not here don't ride b.a.r.t. i don't know. >> reporter: a b.a.r.t. spokesperson says they do see more interest when the economy is bad but really it's a personal choice. also, they say you might want to get your camera phones out and take a picture of yourself at the pump and show the price you paid, submit that on line and you could pin up to $500 in b.a.r.t. tickets. the spotters are wearing gas pump tee shirts, they will be out midday from 11:00 to 1:00. the tickets are small so you have to wear them prominently and probably draw attention to yourself to get noticed. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> how do you submit the

pictures if you take them at the pump? >> reporter: well, you want to go onto the b.a.r.t. website. i think they have a link there and you can submit them on line. they are collecting them. they have got some good ones they were showing off. >> funny to see. not so funny prices, though. thank you very much. >> good day to get out and walk or bike i guess to work. checking the forecast with christina. >> it's cool. i think you, marla and i should get without the pumps and do the "charlie's angels." we'll have mad faces because we don't like the prices. where did she find 3.northwest seriously. high pressure is building in today. into the four corners region, this trough of low pressure is going to dig into the pacific northwest. it won't make its way to the bay area but it is driving in some cloud cover. high cirrus clouds, also kicking in that on shore flow, the marine air feels good. you'll notice the difference when you walk out the front door.

much cooler conditions. as we head throughout the remainder of the weekend, conditions will be pretty fair. we'll go about 79 degrees as we head through saturday. sunday, a little warmer. but then as we head into next week, high pressure takes control. take a look at this ridge. it's shaping up in the eastern pacific, really strong ridge, clouds arcing up and around. this is going too take our storm track to the north. our temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s. today we'll be able to easily climb into the low 80s inland and talking about maybe low 70s at the coast. 65 at noon in san francisco when we tlooz marine layer we see this morning. then as you make your way home, 70 degrees in the city, you're probably going to see warmer conditions in the east bay. up to 83 in livermore. let's get you to work on time with mike inouye. >> good morning. we'll take you out to livermore, the build continues out of the altamont pass. the indicators are red. averaging about 46, 45 miles per hour through that stretch over

to the dublin interchange. the exclamation point, the construction on northbound 68 -- ver to eastbound 580 that has been cleared up all roadways are clear through the area but cars causing slowing. we have a tree down not far from there. hayward, about two miles south of paloverde. folks are getting by on the shoulder. a slow drive if that's where you're headed south of 580. a disabled vehicle. it's around fraga. a live look out there we'll see how things are at the san mateo bridge. smooth drive to the peninsula. we'll end with the bay bridge toll plaza. there is a link to the dump the pump day and they send you to the facebook page where you upload photos. >> mad at the price at the pump. you could win $500 of tickets. 6:12. still to come on "today in the bay" bay, a murky area for victims of flash flood.

why financial runoff from the disaster could wipe out social services. >> and oh, canada. fans taking hockey too seriously? we'll look at the damage left by riots on the streets of vancouver.

>> did you see this. people in vancouver waking up this morning to a not so pretty picture. this is the scene last night as hockey fans rioted in the streets after the canucks lost 4-0 to the bruins. it was the stanley cup final. rioters lit parked cars on fire, threw bottles, riot police had to move in to try to restore some of the order out there. similar scene happened in 1994 when rioters lashed out on the

streets when canucks lost to the new york rangers. probably a cleanup this morning. >> this morning the new victims of flooding in downtown capitola are the nonprofit groups and social services. funding for nonprofits could be cut if the state and federal governments cannot help with the cost from the floods which wiped out the downtown back in march. it's also unclear if the city's insurance can help cover expenses which total roughly $1.4 million. right now the city is giving out 45% of its community grants and then waiting three to six months to decide on the rest. >> new report this morning suggests fewer homeowners are going through foreclosure. while that might sound like good news experts suggest it may be to banks temporarily putting foreclosures on hold. state sales of homes taking a dive. foreclosure filings in the u.s. are down 2% from may to april and down 33% from may of 2010.

in may, home sales fell 13.3% from the same time last year with the median price for a home at $249,000, down 10.4% from may of 2010. you know, this morning there is a bright spot in the real estate market. it's right here in the bay area. bob redell is live in palo alto to tell us about it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the recent ipos and surge in tech stocks have pulled up home prices in silicon valley significantly. take palo alto where we're at. still home to facebook and it's much anticipated ipo. modest homes like this we checked are now in the $1 million range. data quick, i want to show you numbers, a firm that tracks real estate. shows that the median price of a home in palo alto jumped 20% between may of 2010 and may of this year, the median price now

$1.6 million. cuperti cupertino, home to apple, is up 12% homes there. saratoga, up almost 5%, mountain view, home to google, don't know if you heard of them, they are an online firm, up 3%. there's no rocket science in figuring out this surge. the people who work at these tech firms and live in these communities have more money to spend and lots more home which is driving up the prices. there's even one school of thought that people are buying homes specifically in palo alto, menlo park and this area, in anticipation of the facebook ipo. facebook currently at palo alto, moving to menlo park. they are aware the home prices would continue to surge as facebook employees would be able to cash in stock options assuming those go public. one economist tells bloomberg news, you take that into consideration along with let's say the recent linked in ipo, he

expects to see, quote, an explosion in prices here over the next couple of years. reporting live in palo alto, bob redell. >> i'm sure the homeowners love you being out there this morning, the loud generator. >> we're far away. $thank you very much, bob. if you live around stral road in san carlos expect gridlock. why, you ask? in and out burgers opening its doors. the latest outpost at 445 industrial road. it opens at 10:30 this morning. a chance to get a double double. walk home after that. 6:19 now. check the forecast. >> a little tip for you out there. fries. animal style. try it. >> i lad the burger. >> try the fries. oh, yeah. it's a little trick. >> you can go on the website and learn jargon of ways to order.

>> i love the giant safety pins. what a turn on. good morning to you. we're looking good. we have high clouds over the golden gate bridge. we've seen fog. but looking pretty good. we are headed toward the 80s today. upper 80s in some cities but no 90s on the temperature map. 65 degrees in the city by noon. we'll lose most of the cloud cover at noon, possibly as early as maybe 9:30, even 10:00 a.m. it's a very shallow marine layer. 70 degrees by 4:00. mild conditions. as we head throughout the remainder of the week, on shore flow is going to bring about nice days, tomorrow into saturday, probably the best days for getting outside for perfect weather. then we warm up toward the end of next week. so, yeah, the 90s back on the temperature map as of next wednesday in some cities. 89 in san jose, i'm going to point out that our boys the giants will be playing baseball in some really warm weather tonight. take a look at phoenix, you see the alerts around the phoenix area. that's an air quality alert due

to the poor air quality because of the wild fires burning there. good thing is they have pretty good air quality breathing in pretty decent air. 99 degrees, it's going to be toasty. catch the game -- yeah it is. overnight low 99. >> 77 is their low tonight. and they have to wear those heavy outfits. boy, it's going to be hot. good news is we cool down when they come back in town tomorrow. >> that will be nice. coming up, stadium pranksters run into an unexpected obstacle. what happened to this group at the giants game and how they bounce back. >> california hopes to raise candreds of millions ita eyn th? can they? we'll look in tech today.

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>> welcome back. 6:24. check this out. fans doing a street crawl at arizona stadium last night at the giants game against the diamondbacks. what they did is got up and moved around the deck after every pitch. but things were going fine until you see there were a couple of girls in the row and then boy, it messed everything up. like wait, where do we go? now we're part of this group. no, we're not taking part. a little bit of confusion. the game wasn't interesting enough? >> got to mix it up.

>> fun to see what happens in the stands. >> even at that level boys can't go talk to girls one on one. they have to bring a group. hey. pretend like they weren't going to talk to the girls. that's how it works. >> the mind of a man. >> mind of a boy which we always have through adulthood. 85, we do have -- looks like the debris has been cleared. the south bay nice as far as the speeds. downtown san jose, we have music in the park so there will be lane closures around the area in front of the fairmont. starting at about noon. a free concert tonight. 101 and 280, a nice drive, or up the lower peninsula depending on your commute, past 84, no problems there. the dumbarton bridge, san mateo bridge is smooth and north of there, smooth drive as far as the speed sensors into or out of san francisco. on the roadway across the bay,

880 past the coliseum, easy drive for the nimitz freeway. no major issues. 12:35 game, the a's are playing. a nice light drive, look at that on the right side. easy flow, that's toward the bay bridge toll plaza. looking for the metering lights to be turned on. there is a slowing approaching the toll gates. it's a pretty light flow for now this time 6:26 on a thursday but you'll see this backup form over the next 10 minutes. >> we'll check with you then. california lawmakers want to make tax purchases on line they have been trying to get a piece of that pie. scott says it's tougher than it sounds. >> it is. technically, californians are supposed to pay taxes voluntarily for stuff they pay on line. you are supposed to set aside money every april for stuff you buy on the internet. that doesn't really happen. lawmakers want to force sites like amazon.com to add state sales tax to stuff you buy on

line. california argues because washington state-based amazon has business relationships with california, it's subject to this proposed tax. amazon has not reacted well to other states that claimed the same thing. they pulled their affiliate relationships with companies in other states like texas and connecticut. if online companies like amazon balk and pull out it stands to reason that california will not collect the $200 million a year lawmakers hoped for. lawmakers passed this budget last night. the governor would need to sign off on it. >> well, the pandora ipo didn't exactly rock. let's call it soft rock. take it easy by the eagles maybe. yes. shares in oakland-based pandora, slightly above their initial price, up about 9%. pandora is popular but it doesn't make money. i made about as much money

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>> reporter: a football player from san francisco gets arrested at sfo. what he was wearing. good morning. i'm going to tell you what people are saying about this controversial arrest coming up. >> think ever it as a megan's law for animal abusers. the tough new system that could keep your pet safe from harm. a live look outside from the south bay. it's thursday, june 16th, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. made it to thursday morning. thanks for joining us.

6:30 now. pretty nice temperatures on tap for today. let's check in with christina. >> you saw that san jose shot. even a little haze over san who haze. we've got the marine layer back. by 4:00 p.m. completely clear conditions in the city of san francisco. this is the last day. i'll let you know why and what's to come, coming up. a cooldown in store for us. let's get you to work with mike inouye. >> good morning to you. we have a nice easy drive but we see slowing. look at the top of the screen down toward golden gate field. the 25 registered right at the merge so i'll check out. no incidents reported but we'll follow this. we have the metering lights turned on. a live look out there shows you. the backup in the fast track lanes. typical pattern filling in. it's a thursday. pretty heavy volume approaching through the maze. >> 6:31. how low is too low? a young man will face a judge

for refusing to pull up his baggy pants before his flight took off. marla is live with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this is one of those stories everyone seems to have an opinion about. it was yesterday morning when 20-year-old deshon marman made his way through a security checkpoint. he was successful in getting through security. it was after when everything seemed to go wrong. he had just boarded a u.s. airways flight bound for albuquerque when he was arrested for refusing to pull up his sagging pants. he is from san francisco but he now plays football for the university of new mexico. his mother tells us he was asked by airline employees to pull up his pants before boarding the plane. he said he couldn't right then because his hands were full. after he boarded the plane he got situated, then pulled up his pants. by then the pilot ordered everyone off the plane and he

was taken into custody for trespassing, battery, and resisting arrest. his mother says she wants her son's record cleared and the airline to apologize to him. >> he is a big tall light-skinned black boy with dread locks. with gets on the plane with baggy pants. right there you're stereotyped. >> he should be allowed to dress the way he wants to, fly the way he wants to. he paid his ticket. he has a seat on the flight. he should be like anybody else. >> u.s. airways says it does not have a dress code but expects passengers to dress in an appropriate manner that does not offend passengers. you heard from one passenger. we have spoken to several and all of them are siding with marman. one lady points out that she sees a lot of people wearing their pajamas head to toe.

as for marman he is in county jail and will be arraigned later this afternoon at 1:00. he tells nbc bay area he wishes he could do it all over again because he says he would pull up his pants immediately. >> interesting to see what happens. thank you very much. 6:34 now. is a suspected east bay killer caught on surveillance video? police need your help. police want you to look at this video taken from a gas station security camera, they believe the man to the right of the camera is a suspect who shot and killed leyo duncen. police say duncen and another man were arguing in the moments just before that shooting. keeping animal abusers from adopting their next victim. san francisco could create a data base to track animal abusers and prevent them from

adopting animals. the animal control commission will discuss at a meeting at 5:30 at city hall. if the measure is approved it heads off to the board of supervisors for a vote. a civil grand jury says the firefighters need to overhaul the way they respond to emergencies. they say they believe it's unnecessary for firefighters to respond as if they are going to a fire even when going to a medical call. the jury cited a report that says that 70% of the department calls are medical emergencies. 4% are fire related. sending firefighters to cover mostly medical calls is wasteful and inefficient. >> i want to check the forecast with christina loren. a couple of warm ones. >> reminder that our acs need to be running efficiently. we have more on the way as early as next week. a few days of picture perfect

weather. 70s tomorrow and start. today a little warm, we're going the low 80s. high pressure firmly in control out here in the eastern pacific. it's going to start inching toward us. after sunday it will set up over the bay area. that will warm us up as we head through tuesday and wednesday up to the 90s independent the warmest spots. but we'll get a break. it should last. if you try to make outdoor plans i think you'll see more sunshine, warmer but more sun on the way for sunday. 62 degrees right now in concord. and 53 in santa rosa. well on the way to 77 degrees at noon as you broke for lunch. you can see we're going to see some of that stubborn marine air, that low cloud cover, probably till about june. 83 degrees in los gatos. your seven-day moments away. mike is here to help you out.

>> good morning. you're moments away from more slowing. 880, 92, the southbound side starting to build. and the accident ion the, that's eastbound at hesperian. this could be a problem over the san indicate bridge. the castro valley, the a's play, expect slowing. slowing down around golden gate fields. we see a focus. the metering lights are on. slowing the perkily curve. the backup to 880, the overcrossing. bart is yoon of your alternates. you are out talking about b.a.r.t. and dump the pump. what do you have? >> reporter: it gets started here at b.a.r.t. in about 30 minutes. they are going to hand out free b.a.r.t. tickets. first they are going to hand out the stickers, i dump the pump,

if you are spotted wearing one you could win a $20 bart ticket. the idea is getting people away from the gas pumps where they are getting folks on public transportation. the 12th street center and embarcadero and downtown, a study shows a two-car family got rid of one car they could save about $10,000 a year. johnson says there are a number of factors that get people moving from a car to bart. >> you know, the cost and convenience as well as the economy that drives people to transit versus driving. right now the cost keep goes going up and up. especially with gas prices. >> also, they have got a program going on for all of you shutter bugs, if you submit a portrait of yourself by the jump showing

the rice per gallon you have a chance to win $500 in tickets. submit that on line. again, those sticker swatters will be out at the station from 7:00 to 1:00. christie smith, today in the bay. >> thank you very much. coming up, what linked in and pandora have to do with the pousing market. and this morning we may know who killed bay area trail blazer tupak shakur. a live look outside. what a beautiful iris. look at the water droplets on that. sprilers onkt have put the rink ...and i just got myself a new bass boat...what's new with you?

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>> welcome back to you and a good thursday morning. sun is up, warming things up. live look outside at hp pavilion. i think britney spears is coming on saturday night. 6:42. good news this morning. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is home after months in the hospital. tracie potts is live in washington where colleagues certainly hope she'll return to work one day. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. while we don't really know at this early stage about that, what we do know is that she's waking up in her enbed in houston today, it is good news for her recovery.

a spokesperson for congresswoman giffords said she was elated to be out of the hospital. president obama called it a miracle given what she's gone through since she was shot january 8, months in the hospital, four surgeries, we've seen significant progress. in fact, doctors say she has had clear continuous improvement. a long way to go but she will go back and forth every day from her husband's home in houston back to the hospital for intense therapy. she is going to need it for some time. but she's walking with help, she's talking, she still has trouble with complex ideas but we're told her recovery is nothing short of amazing. good news as we find that finally after months she's getting that opportunity to go home. >> a lot of people say nothing short of a miracle. thank you very much. >> it is 6:43. arguments will start this morning in north carolina over whether former presidential candidate john edwards will have to testify in a case involving a

sex tape. edwards is being called to testify in a lawsuit filed by his former mistress. she claims a former aide to edwards took sensitive materials from her including a sex tape showing the former senator. she wants the items returned to her. the hearing is expected to start at 7:00 a.m. >> a new report this morning suggests fewer homeowners are going through foreclosure. it may sound like good news, experts suggest it may be due to banks temporarily putting foreclosure proceedings on hold. state sales of home taking a dive. foreclosure filings are down 2% and down 33% from may 2010. in may, home sales fell 13.3% from the same time last year with the median price for a home at $249,000. it's down 10.4% from may of 2010. but this morning there is a bright spot in the real estate market happening here in the bay

area. bob redell is live in palo alto to explain. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, as you're mentioning home prices statewide generally are down but that's not the case in pockets of silicon valley where ipos in the surge in technology stocks have driven up home prices here significantly. palo alto where we're at, home to facebook, you have a modest home like that one that is valid at over $1 million. it gives you a sense of how much prices are up. data quick tracks real estate is reporting that between may of 2010 and may of this year, home prices in palo alto jumped 20%, the median price of a home here now in the peninsula town is $1.6 million. cupertino, home to apple whose stock has been gang busters is up 12%, we're talking about the

home prices there. saratoga prices up almost 5%. mountain view home to google, now up 3%. there's no rocket science in figuring out this surge. the people who work at these firms, many live in these communities, they have lots more money to spend on lots more home which is in turn driving up the prices. there is one school of thought that people are buying homes in palo alto specifically in anticipation of the ipo'ing of facebook, betting thinking that those employees once they get money from their stock options that they will buy more homes here, driving the prices up further. >> amazing. a little fixer upper for you. thanks so much. one great thing about the bay area is the weather. we can't complain. a couple of warm days though a lot of people did complain, didn't they. >> check out my facebook page. lots of complaints. i had a request for a pollen

count. we'll get to that. the good thing about on shore flow is it does tend to clear out some of that particulate matter that settles in. as we head through the next few days we're going to see better air quality. the only location with moderate is the santa clara valley. good morning for a run. high pressure is going to warm us up in the 90s but we're going to get a break, a few days with upper 70s, low 80s and it coincides with your weekend. this is what we're looking at with pollen count. grasses and juniper, as we head through thursday and saturday, a medium level but then as we head through sunday, high pressure builds back in, that's when we're going to see the breeze pick up. your pollen counts will come up. we'll watch that next week. 56 in livermore, 48 degrees in gilroy and 53 degrees in oakland. one day away from get away

friday. 75 degrees at noon. in concord 73 in napa rounding out the day with a couple like san jose, gilroy, 85. 80 in santa cruz. what a treat as we head throughout the weekend t 70-degree temperatures are back in the mix. 79 by sunday. father's day, yep, your number one dad's going to get a number one forecast. >> can't wait to celebrate with him. 6:48. police are investigating an online posting supposedly from a convicted felon who claims to have shot and roped tupak shakur. it was posted on a hip blog site. dexter isaac claims he was paid by another hip-hop mogul to rob and shoot the man last year. authorities believe this will

help solve the murder. >> a former basketball superstar shaquille o'neal is under investigation for claims he was connected to the beating of a man. the l.a. county sheriff's office is checking to see if o'neill was involved. the victim claimed he had a sex tape of o'neal with another woman while he was still married. he says he was attacked and robbed by members of a street gang who were looking for the tape. they are facing assault and robbery charges. o'neill denies involvement in that attack. the former nba star retired after playing 19 seasons. >> coming up, the new way the walls are going up in one peninsula city. >> a like look outside, golden gate bridge. a little hazy but you can make

it across the span.

>> welcome back everyone. a live look outside across the bay at the embarcadero this morning. very nice temperatures if you have managed to make it to the beach it will be nice. this morning hayward police are still looking for two robbers who shot a man near the b.a.r.t. station. the men robbed a couple late tuesday night after they left that station. the couple reportedly handed over their belongings but one of the robbers shot the man. he's listed in stable condition. >> officers say the two men also robbed a pair of women a few minutes prior to the attack. they took the women's purse, then one of the men shot his gun in the air. neither woman was hurt.

in both robberies the men used something to cover their faces. >> this morning police on the peninsula want residents and city officials to think about landscaping when it comes to preventing crime. last week police hosted the first of several workshops to teach how landscaping can help stop crime. they say by planting thorny shrubbery on fences and beneath low windows and installing video cameras can help prevent crime. i don't know if those will do it. maybe a prickly pear. watch out for the marigolds. doing these things can try to make homes safer. >> technology the key thing for the mayoral debate tonight. the contenders will talk about how they would use technology to improve the city and increase civic participation. the public will have a chance to join the debate by voting on

line. the nine major candidates will be attending the event. it starts at 6:00 at pier 38. >> let's check the morning commute, see if it's picking up. it was light earlier. >> you know, we found our reason why some of the shots we saw were lighter and the reason for the backup. the car fire i found that would cause a distraction. that's westbound 80. it just cleared north of the university. as you approach around golden gate where we saw that slowing it's cleared from the roadway and no injuries but that was enough to distract folks about 20 minutes. look at that backup approaching the merge. that starts to move as it clear, folks will head to the bay bridge toll plaza. that is going to back up. right now at west grand avenue. further south off of the san mateo bridge the accident i reported earlier is still there.

right around approaching 880 in lane three. it's in the middle of the highway approaching that transition. expect slowing and also heading down 880 out of san leandro and the san mateo bridge. a live look at 880 as we look at hayward. we'll show you the drive into the area, southbound side with the headlights, a heavier volume in the northbound side. it's starting to pick up around the east bay. yes, we'll kick it back to highway 4 where i showed you the slowdown that has jammed up. look at that, the 45 into bay point and pittsburg. we've seen that the slowdown from highway 4 over to 242 and into concord. looks like that's going to happen again. we'll track this all morning. >> you are so hip t 242. there you go. it's 6:55. i want to check the morning markets with scott. how are we looking? yesterday we thought a big day for pandora. >> let's talk about pandora. down better than 5% this morning, to just over $16 a

share. so not a great day for pandora. it has not been a big ipo up 45 cents from its original price. ibm opening the bell 100 years for ibm. and this youtube video. this is a kid in colorado, he is 1 years old. the lion is saying hello. how are you. or is he just going to eat the kid. >> oh, my gosh! >> he thinks he's getting kisses. i think the lion is trying to eat him. pretty sure that's what is going on. >> frightening. >> the kid is fine. glass between him and the lion. >> my gosh. hey, here's a cute kid. robin williams from the bay area, he's got a daughter named zelda. not the most common name in the book. how did he come up with it? turns out he got the name from a video game. >> i became a hero. i saved your kingdom. >> dad.

>> yes, zelda. it. are you mixing me up with the princess again? >> hard to say. you're both magical. >> that's the san francisco native along with his daughter zelda in a commercial for nintendo. apparently his daughter is named for the main character, the legend of zelda. the game comes out on sunday, father's day. >> interesting. hey, lady gaga's meat dress will become an exhibit in the rock 'n roll hall of fame. i don't know how they preserve that. smoke it? >> they let it dry out. that would be jerky. thank you. thank you very much. >> all morning for that. the award winning fashion icon's couture is going on public display as part of women who rock exhibit in cleveland, ohio. it's made entirely of raw animal flesh.

hand tomorrow by a couple of designers. interesting. i don't know about the head piece, too. i guess they are going to preserve it from running. >> more local news throughout the morning. ♪

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