new this morning budget cuts taking another toll on the oakland police department. good morning i'm marla tellez. i'm going to explain how the chief plans to reorganize his department and what this means for public safety coming up. >> i'm bob redell, why in these times of budget cuts some state employees are still raking it in big time that story coming up. a live look outside from southbay. finally some cooler temperatures on the way.

it is wednesday july 6th, today in the basement. >> good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. 6:00 right now, i'm laura garcia-cannon. i want to check with christina loren, a look at our forecast today. >> good morning to you. yeah, we've got a pretty nice day ahead of us. not oppressively hot even in the warmest cities across the bay area. a marine influence courtesy of low pressure in the area. show you what that means as we head into the weekend and continue to drop. future forecast coming up. monsoonal moisture creeping in. that's going to make for a muggy day. a lot of moisture in the bay area. we'll show you where in moments. right now we told you earlier about a crash on 880 northbound at 23rd avenue. word on the street is chp highway control cleared that accident. it had two big-rigs involved, however, and was blocking two lanes for a good amount of time. let's go ahead and take you live and show you 880 through oakland, past the coliseum. traffic at a crawl.

i would expect slow and go traffic for at least five minutes. continue to update you. it does look like it's starting to move along a little better. north 880, an accident involving two big-rigs, give yourself some extra time. back to you, laura. >> thank you very much. also in the east bay, changes to the oakland police department. the police chief says he's planning to reshuffle the department due to budget cuts. marlin ark tellez joins us live from oakland with a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. a little later this morning chief anthony batts is going to talk about his plan to reorganize his department and those changes are going to happen very soon. this weekend, in fact. now facinga current deficit and budget cuts chief batts says the department needs to be reshuffled because it's losing officers and currently has 200 fewer than it did almost three years ago right now 638 officers

are on staff compared to 832 back in november '08. just last july budget cuts forced 80 officers to be laid off. even worse attrition has them losing six sworn pernesonnel fo the next two years. on the website chief batts posted a letter to community members. in it he writes -- now, what this means exactly and how this is really going to affect public safety, we'll wait to hear what he has to say about his plan. seven months ago chief batts addressed his shrinking staff and how it affected the homicide rate. >> my focus was to reduce to 60 from 109 last year.

i thought we were pretty much on target until we had to do the layoffs. >> reporter: there turned out to be about 90 homicides in oakland last year. according to our records, as of june 30th of this year, there have been 57 homicides here. that's compared to 41 for the same time last year. chief bad is going to talk about his plan at 11:00 at police headquarters. laura, the changes will take affect this saturday, that's the ninth. >> thanks for the update there. the man accused of breaking into a woman's home in oakland and raping and robbing her is expected in court. police say deion mcdam is the man in this cell phone video. after the attack the woman had the wherewithal to pick up the cell phone and take this video. mcdaniel is expected to enter a plea of charges to rape and burglary today. gang retaliation is blamed

for a recent shooting spree in richmond. police say rival gang members were looking to avenge an earlier shooting at night. one of those killed was rashad bailey. he was working it would jobs during the day while also attending college. the 19-year-old wanted to become a counselor or social worker. killing come after shootings in the night, in all four wounded. there have been eight homicides since june in richmond raising the total to 15. nearly four days and still no sign of a former professional cyclist who left for a bike ride in the east bay and never came back. no one has heard from 29-year-old anthony michael martin since saturday evening. the only trace of him, his cell phone found on tunnel road berkeley. his girlfriend said he had been fasting, hadn't eaten solid food in three days before he disappeared.

>> he's of the athlete mentality. he's been able to do these things in the past, go on 150 mile bike rides in one day. >> police say he was riding a fluorescent green and white bike and most likely wearing a blue and white helmet and street clothes when he left for his ride. 6:05. we've heard a lot about how california has had to cut back on expenses, and rein in a multi-million dollar budget deficit. while the state was slashing budgets, some employees were receiving sky high paychecks. bob redell live outside the state building in san francisco. bob, some employees made over half a million dollars last year. >> laura, the top five employees for the state of california were paid over $560,000 last year. the top earner being a prison doctor who took home a little more than $777,000 in 2010 and second a prison dentist just shy of $600,000. they are not the only ones, not alone being in the high earning

bracket. there's more than 1400 people, state employees who earned more than $200,000 last year. many of them medical personnel with the department of corrects and mental health. these numbers represent a combination of salary, overtime, bonuses, most significantly payouts of vacation and sick time, which is supposed to be capped at 80 days. for whatever reason state agencies ignored that limit. state controller john chiang posted online the earnings of a quarter million people who worked for the state. he did this in the last 24 hours. he did this in the interest of full disclosure after the city of bell, california, scandal in which officials there were paid exorbitant amounts of money. spokesperson for federal receivership in charge of the prison health care system defends the high pay of prison medical personnel, pointing out those people could be earning

more in the private sector and that a lot of those employees couldn't use their vacation time because they were so short staffed. but many of those positions the -- have been filled. the spokesperson points out we shouldn't say those payouts in the future. the person with the most responsibility in the state of california, i'm talking about the governor, earns a measly $174,900. in comparison to those people. >> a lot of people would take a measly half of that. 6:00. attending college could being more expensive. charles reed will ask trustees to raise tuition by 12%. now, if approved undergrads would have to pay more than $6400 per semester. that includes mandatory campus fees. university officials say the increase is needed to offset funding cuts from the recently approved state budget. $650 million was slashed with the possibility of more cuts by

winter. alameda county will have to do a better job helping voters who don't speak very much english. the department of justice sued the county for violating the federal voting rights act by failing to distribute ballots and other materials in chinese and spanish. under a settlement, the county agreed to provide election-related materials in those two languages and staff polling sites with bilingual workers to help voters. more than 22% of alameda county residents are latino. nearly 10% are chinese. former school teacher will have to pay a huge fine for destruction of valuable artifacts. a civil jury has ordered her and her relatives to pay a san jose man $750,000. papers written by albert einstein were destroyed during the lick wildfire at the state park in 2007. she was found responsible for starting that places when she

was illegally burning material. more than 47,000 acres burned, four homes destroyed. her attorney says the fine is excessive and are actually seeking a new trial. you may have woken up in the middle of the night to a little shaking if you live far south because of a minor quake after midnight. 3.8 magnitude quake struck 14 miles south of holister. the trend in the bay, can you feel it out there this morning, christina. >> we're giving it a ten. we want this cooldown, especially if you live inland and the east bay, i bet you're looking forward to it. we do have a little bit of an interesting change right now. thunderstorms and rain showers moving into the bay area. take a look at this. high pressure situated over the four corners region has really amplified. as a result it's kicking up these showers. these are moist, muggy showers

not refreshing by any means. right now we see that moisture push into the bay area. i'm going to zoom in for you, do a little storm tracking now, head over to my "weather center." looks like as you head to work, you may be driving through a couple of showers and thunderstorms. let me zoom in for you showing you where the showers are now. take a look at this. action in hayward, oakland, even livermore seeing a little bit of that moisture. very unusual to see monsoonal flow come up this far to the north. this is what we're expecting. as we head through the afternoon, it will feel muggy. true temperature outside, even 6 in livermore, feels more like 70 with added moisture. actually has a weight to it so you can feel it walking through this morning. i know i get a little too excited about this stuff but i think it's cool. 73 in the city at noon. that's a place you won't see a lot of that moisture. we've got a sea breeze working against that flow. the sea breeze will keep things nice and mild. at the coast 70 degrees.

at noon forecast highs coming up in just a minute. in addition to that we've got your cooler seven-day. that's worth hanging around for. if you're heading to work, a couple of things that might slow you down. new accident southbound 880 at fifth avenue that's blocking one lane. watch out for that. we told you earlier about a big rig accident northbound 880 at 23rd. that has cleared. our local heroes california highway patrol and emergency rescue already cleared that crash. they are working so fast. as a result, show you the live shot, poof, no more traffic in that northbound direction. pretty cool, huh? >> very cool. >> i know we're leaning this morning. we have a lot more work than usual. >> that's okay. got the best job in the world. >> true that. >> 6:12, still to come on "today in the bay," not the safest on the highways. find out how many people were caught drinking and driving.

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the latest on the search for survivors. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the last three days have been devastating for the surviving passengers and their families and the san diego based company that owns the fishing boat as the search for seven missing americans continue. just released last night these are four of the men they are looking for, the mexican coast guard and u.s. coast guard are still scouring the coast after the boat capsized. they left san felipe harbor sunday before dawn. it sank 60 miles south of the port just two miles offshore. one fisherman drowned, 35 others survived. before leaving the captain was told not to leave the harbor because the weather was too dangerous. gary wong was separated from his brother before the ship sank. the husband and father of two is still missing. >> i don't know who made that

decision we should stay out there, that was a bad decision. >> i'm not leaving until i find my brother brian. i'm not leaving. i'm staying here. >> the boat company baja once worked out of san diego but their license expired last year. the company's website said they could not respond to messages and all trips have been canceled. reporting from san diego, i'm monica dean. now back to you. >> thank you very much. this morning a south bay man is lucky to be alive and his neighbor is behind bars all because of an argument at a supermarket parking lot. police say it all started yesterday afternoon when two neighbors nearly crashed into each other while driving in a lucky's parking lot at the corner of blossom hill road in san jose. james estrada showed up at the other driver's home and stabbed him several times. that man went through surgery and is expected to survive. estrada will be in court later this week.

all right. a fog rolling over phoenix behind us. going to show it to you here. a massive dust storm that hit arizona. what did you call it? >> gust front. that's what causes it. >> do you want to read the story? >> no, i'm not the anchor. >> i did ask you that. it's really amazing to see because you can see the line of when it's coming in, forced them to close the airport for a couple of hours. they are usually called haboobs. >> you never cease to amaze me. >> a little tidbit, kind of amazing what's in there. they are fairly common in the fall when they come through. i think they are remarkable. you can get on top of a building an see them rolling in. i've driven on phoenix highways there trying to make our way home before, you know. there's so much dust in that area, you kind of see them rolling in and you've got to kind of clear the way. this one had winds up to 69 miles per hour stretching more than 30 miles long at one time.

so quite amazing to see those coming in. kind of frightening the first time you see one. nothing like that here, although you say we're going to get some of that monsoonal moisture in the bay area. >> we've already got some spinning off right now. we have showers believe it or, coming down in the east bay this morning. i'll show you where. such a difference just a few miles makes. this is the coast where fog and a sea breeze is making for kind of a reduced visibility. you're going to want to give yourself plenty of extra time this morning because we are starting to notice this fog creeping along your local bridges reducing visible. this is cooling you down. you can see this flag blowing in the wind here. that's an indication we're not going to deal with that fog. it's when we have the calm winds that it sticks around all day. let's debt right to the maps and show you where showers are coming down. we've got a cooldown on the way. we'll get to that in the seven-day. that's the good news. there it is. showers from the south.

you see this yellow, flairup here, those are thunderstorms. this is high pressure. what happens is we call them trade winds. changes, our pattern completely shifts this time of year, especially southern california, arizona and four corners. this is typical. the humid air comes up and this morning high pressure has amplified so much overnight that it's kicking up these showers in our neck of the woods, producing a mix of rain and snow over the sierra nevadas. let's show you locally where you might have to drive through rain. very light, a lot is version ark, dissipating before it reaches the surface. you might find slick conditions this morning in livermore. you want to take it easy, step out of the way, see it's not just livermore. a lot of moisture pumping up from the south. as we head through the afternoon and pick up daytime heating to intensify, we see some thunderstorms. since we're already noticing the pattern, we'll see a few thunderstorms in the east bay today. 64 in concord, already at 68 in livermore and 54 in santa cruz. fog is going to keep things nice

and mild in santa cruz once again. goes for the city as well, 70 degrees at noon rounding out the day at 4:00 p.m., 75, abundant sunshine. few more clouds this morning than we had yesterday in the south bay as a result of the moisture coming up. cloudy intervals at times in the south bay and east bay. otherwise clearing conditions along the peninsula. our micro climates are so interesting around here. 93 in los gatos today, 79 in oakland, 87 in napa. got the giants back in town. 7:00 p.m. for the third game in the series against the padres. we're wishing you guys a lot of luck. 62 at 8:00 p.m. a little on the breezy side and 9:00 p.m. as the game concludes, 60 degrees. let's get your seven-day outlook, here is the promised cooldown, looking good. as we head into the weekend 79 saturday and 83 on sunday, laura. >> look at that, amazing. she can talk virga ands vehicles. i say that because christina is

going to come back with a look at the morning commute. >> take a look at what facebook may announce today. a couple of possibilities coming up in tech today. nbc bay area teaming up with local food banks and big businesses to feed the hungry this summer. working with subway to raise money for food banks. station representatives there presenting big checks. the fund-raiser kicks off today between now and july 24th. you can help drop off food at your local safe way store or walk in buy a especially o koted groceryks.or bucks. a lot of kids out of school and families struggling to come up

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good morning. welcome back to you. 6:25, now our roads are certainly getting a little busier. show you what we're looking at now. live look at livermore. traffic is picking up. we still have average speeds here. really no heavy delays just yet. you see a little bit of a slowdown there, 44 miles per hour, that's it. only a 10-mile span after that. after that, the speed. the toll plaza could create heavy delays if they don't get the stall cleared. we know there's a crew on the way to clear it. really, no delays just yet.

looking light overall, laura. >> looks good. police had their hands full during this fourth of july weekend. drunken driving arrests increased 32% here in the bay area. 251 drivers were arrested compared to 190 last year. statewide 1500 drivers arrested compared to last year. 48 people died on the roads during the weekend. that's 10 more than last year. >> 6:26, want to check in with scott mcgrew waiting for the markets to open? >> that's right. also waiting for facebook, going to head up there today. the big question, what they are going to announce. the company's ceo promises it will be something awesome. mark zuckerberg said that last week as he invited reporters to the discussion. we'll assume it's something slightly less awesome than the last time facebook had a big gathering and the president of the united states came. so what could it be? we're expecting an integration from facebook and skype.

you have all those devices with cameras built in. it would be cool to click on a friend's name and instantly get video chat. >> no, it wouldn't. >> with the friend's permission. an ipad app, that would be welcome. official ooipz app and maybe better photo sharing for ipad users. maybe all three. i want to show you this, apropos of nothing here. a new fire sign. in case of fire, exit building before tweeting about it. >> that's fake. >> probably is but it was on the internet. you should leave the building first, then tweet about it. i would like to credit someone for that but i can't. >> pull the car over, too, before tweeting. a lot of things, make several different signs. got to get that urgent message out. thanks so much. 6:27 right now. oakland's police chief says he needs to rework his department after 80 officers were laid off. a live report coming up.

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much for joining us, 6:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. i want to check with christina loren. she has a cooldown to talk about. >> tracking dense fog along the coastline, showers from the south affecting the east bay. you might find slick roadways, tell you why we've got rain showers from the south and how long they are expected to last. also the cooldown on the weekend talk about what you expect, help you plan your saturday and sunday. we're so close now, abbreviated workweek. let's get you to work if you're headed out the front door. we do have a little bit of a delay westbound on highway 4. it looks better than what we find on a normal business day during the fall, for instance. a little slow through antioch and pittsburg, 48 miles per hour you'll be slowed at the slowest point. a live shot at the bay bridge. metering lights are now on. you know what that means, a little stackup here. really not too bad just yet.

still looking overall holiday light, laura, back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:31, a new report shedding light on what some employees are earning despite a lot of cuts coming to state spending. hundreds are making six-figure salaries. "today in the bay's" bob redell with a live look at the report. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the person with the most responsibility in the state of florida, the governor isn't close to one of the top earners. the top five employees earned more than $560. at the top of the list, a prison doctor who took home a little more than $777,000 in 2010. the second, a dentist. they weren't along, more than 1400 people earned more than

$200,000 last year working for the state of california. many of them medical personnel with departments of corrections and mental health. now, these numbers represent a combination of salary, overtime, bonuses and payouts of unused vacation and sick time, which is supposed to be capped at 80 days, but for whatever reason many state agencies ignored that limit. the state controller posted online the ankles of the quarter of a million people who worked for the state, did this in the last 24 hours. he did this in the interest of full disclosure after the city of bell, california, where the employees there were paid exorbitant amounts of money. spokesperson for federal receivership in charge of the prison health care system defends the high pay of prison medical personnel, pointing out those people could be earning more in the private sector and that a lot of those employees couldn't use their vacation time because they were so short staffed at the time. since then, many of the

positions have been filled. the spokesperson says you shouldn't be seeing such large payouts again in the future. >> be interesting to see how long the contracts are, if there are any. paying for health insurance, state lawmakers will vote on a bill that will crack down on those charging too much for coverage. it would allow the commissioner veto hefty rate hikes. critics say the proposal is too wide reaching and could create a beaurocracy that adds to cost but does nothing to deal with the actual rising of medical costs driving up some of the those insurance rates. the oakland police department is making some big changes to its force. the city's police chief says he's reshuffling the department due to budget cuts. marlin ark tellez joins us live in oakland with when the plan will take affect. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning, marla. as of this weekend, you can expect the oakland police department can be reorganized.

a little later this morning, police chief anthony batts will be holding a press conference here at police headquarters in oakland, of course, to talk about all the changes. his department has a lot on its plate. it's up against a budget deficit that resulted in cuts already. a year ago 80 officers had to be laid off. right now attrition has the department losing six personnel a month for the next two years. to put this in perspective, 638 are currently on staff compared to 832 back in november '08 so it's down 200 officers in three years. chief batts says because he's losing officers, the department needs to be reshuffled. in a letter to oakland residents, can you find this posted on the oakland police website chief about the atts rise, the department's reorganization is designed to address police staffing short falls and deliver police services under a strengthened

model of field supervision. chief batts says the major feature of his plan is to provide the current bureau of field operations into two buyers, each to be let by a deputy police chief. the president of the union that represents opd says the plan means less priority will be given to property climb such as burglaries and thefts. in many cases those crimes would not be investigated at all. according to our records as of june 30th of this year, there have been 57 homicides in oakland. that's compared to 41 for the same time last year. again, chief batts is going to go into detail about how he will reorganize, that will be add headquarters at 11:00 this morning. we're a few hours away. the changes, laura, take effect this saturday. >> pretty close to immediately. thank you very much. it's 6:36 right now. this morning homicide detectives in concord are following up on

the death of a man found inside an abandoned gas station. investigators say they received a call shortly after midnight with someone reporting a possible dead body. when they arrived on the scene they found the dead man. so far police have not identified him and have no motive or cause of death. that death marks the city's fourth homicide of the year. police are asking anyone with information about that death to call concord police. in the meantime an art heist in san francisco sounds like a hollywood movie script. an empty hook marks the spot where a picasso drawing used to hang before noon yesterday at weinstein gallery in union square. police say a man lifted the drawing off the wall and walked out and got away in the cab. that's the drawing of the small pencil drawing is worth more than $100,000. the gallery president said the theft is stunning.

>> i feel sorry because it really is truly my goal and always has been my goal to be able to bring exactly what you see in this gallery, original works by picasso onto the street level. i wanted them to be available to the public. we just need to be a better job in the future to make sure our security is in place. san francisco police have taken a checkered cabin as evidence. an alert about the stolen work is circulating through the art world now. the concern is the thief won't be able to sell that picasso because it's so well-known and it will be destroyed. let's hope that didn't happen. 6:38, let's check the forecast ahead, the city by the bay. >> always this time of year, that's where the cool weather. take a look inland. some showers coming down, all part of monsoonal moisture wrapping around high pressure just to the south this morning. they are really feeling the impacts in the south this morning, los angeles, all the way up to bakersfield this morning, clouds rolling in, showers pushing along the sierra

nevada. take a look at that. even a mix of rain and snow coming down. really unusual to see the monsoonal flow to the north. what that means, if you live inland especially in the east bay hills, we could see isolated thunderstorms. i do believe we will see a couple roll through our area as we head through the afternoon. we are starting off really mild in the east bay. you can see right now slick conditions in places like oakland. now, what's happening, you're not going to see this moisture along the coastline very much. that's because we have a sea breeze working against it. with the sea breeze comes foggy conditions for you. along the bridges reduced visibility, watch out for that. show you the golden gate in a minute, 53 conforward, hayward, 53 in sunnyvale to start, headed towards the low 90s and warmest spots across the bay. what a difference a day makes. forecasting upper 90s in places like concord and livermore yesterday. we've subtracted 7 to 8 degrees from east bay highs.

part of that is because of the cloud cover that will amplify this afternoon. we'll see cloudy intervals at times in fairfield and livermore. that alone will keep you cooler. as we head through the weekend, we'll have changes coming your way. we'll get to that coming your way. i have the seven-day ready to go. right now let's take a look at traffic. all the approaches on the bay bridge looking pretty good. we do have a slowdown once under the circumstances to the tolls. meter lights are on. here is the promised shot at the golden gate bridge, as per usual socked in with fog this time of the morning. hey, that fog is your friend if you're looking for cooler weather. it will keep things nice and mild in the city. >> sounds like a perfect weekend on tap. >> usually it's monday, tell you about the weekend. thanks so much. 6:40 right now. coming up santa clara closer to m sg a adm built. first live from washington on president obama's twitter town hall.

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earlier scott mcgrew told us about a town hall meeting the president is holding at twitter. live with all the buzz from washington, tracie potts, good morning. >> reporter: probably a lot of buzz from california, too. it's got the eighth largest proportion of active tweeters in the country. people will get involved. first time it's been done by a

white house. they did something similar with facebook and it went well. they contacted twitter to ask if they could bring it here. bottom line, they are going to be focusing on jobs and the economy. thousands of questions have come in. you can get involved by following them at ask obama@twitter.com. if you use the ask obama hashtag, they will get your question, sift through them. the president will answer some of them, some of them personally i'm told. if you see that dash bo at the end of your reapply that means the president answered that one personally. he's been active on twitter for sometime now. he's got almost 9 million followers. the white house account has more than 2 million. this event happens this afternoon. they are hoping it will be pretty successful. interestingly, there are twice as many republican tweeters as democrats according to a new study, laura. >> very interesting. thank you very much, tracie. today it's tax cuts versus tax breaks on capitol hill.

in just a few hours, president obama will meet with those democrats and republicans whether they tweet or not to hammer out a deal on the debt crisis before it's too late. at stake, raising the nation's credit limit before time runs out. the country reaches its debt ceiling august 2nd but the practical deadline actually much closer because it's going to take time to analyze and sell any deal. president obama says he's open to compromise but it's not what's been called a mini deal. >> i don't think the american people sent us here to avoid tough problems. that's, in fact, what drives them nuts about washington. >> today includes leaders from congress. if they do not meet the deadline, they will not be able to pay federal government bills. a lot of key pieces for the stadium puzzle in place. authorities approved several

crucial steps leading up to that new 49ers stadium. if approved, the process will be used to hire subcontractors. also accepted a contract with a company to run food vending at the stadium. the authority gave the green light to the next step in development of the stadium. the giants tried to take away at least one win in their series with division rival padres. they play again at at&t park at 7:15. a rough one against san diego last night beating up another member of the giants pitching staff getting five runs off of matt cain. padres took that one 5-3. during a game a flying baseball bat actually sent a woman to the hospital and injured two other plans. it happened in the first inning when pablo sandoval lost control of his bat and it flew into the stands behind the padres dugout. the woman had a head injury. gipts spokesperson said she went to the hospital as a precaution. two other men got treatment at the stadium. we hope they are doing well this morning. meantime the a's playing another

game. a quick turnaround after last night's tough lost. they lost 4-2 in the ninth inning. partly thanks to a throwing error. come back to today. i say any day is great baseball weather, same for golf. let's check with christina. >> especially when you're watching from the air conditioned home. buster posey sitting in tonight for the third and fourth inning. it will be cool to hear from him. haven't heard from him in a while. let's get your forecast. good baseball weather. laura is right, always good baseball weather especially from at&t park. we'll have great visibility tonight. mostly clear at the top of the game as giants take on padres for the third time. here it is, some fog. this is it. this is all we have left. you can see it's squished down here. as we head to the next couple hours, this is what we're expecting. fog out of the air, left with a thin veil of clouds at the time.

temperature in san francisco at 12:00 p.m. noontime, 70 degrees, nice and mild. 4:00 p.m. we'll round out the day just 75 degrees. just a gorgeous day in the city. elsewhere not as hot. if you want to give your ac a break tonight, i think you'll be able to. we also have rain-cooled air pushing through the bay area and thunderstorms. nothing heavy just yet. i think as we pick up daytime heating, though, that could become more of a factor. you can see a little moisture pushing up from the south in oakland, livermore, a few showers moments ago. nothing heavy. like i said before, we've got an unstable air mass. the possibility of getting caught up in a thunderstorm later today actually pretty good especially in the east bay and south bay regions, 89 in san jose, 92 gilroy, 75 in san francisco. so when you make your way home from san francisco to fairfield, if that's your drive, just watch out for heating conditions. only 93 down from 99 yesterday. then the 80s return. tomorrow we ramp up that thunderstorm chance as high

pressure is at its maximum tomorrow. that means we've got a better shot of those afternoon thunderstorms. this weekend, laura, cooler weather, if you want to hit that garden, which i know you like to do. you might have a chance. thanks so much. 6:48, coming up, could change the way history is taught in california. >> a tacky tweet. we'll take a look at tech today.

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check the morning commute there and across the bay area, christina loren helping us out in that department this morning. >> oh, yes. you know what the good news is, laura, it's not that bad.

we had a couple of accidents, the one and only fender-bender south 880 and tennyson road. we do have one report of an outside lane blocked, nothing else happening in terms of accidents. this should clear in the next 20 minutes. keep that in mind and travel cautiously through the area. live look at the bay bridge, metering lights on, traffic building 880 at the overcrossing. overall a little space at the end of that line. that's room for you if you're heading out that door. back to you, laura. >> this morning b.a.r.t. and muni extend add pilot program that laos seniors and disabled unlimited access to ride the systems. yesterday they announced they would add six more months to the program which gives discounted tickets to seniors and disabd. the pass provides for both muni and b.a.r.t. service.

they will extend it until 2012. passes are awarded first come first serve basis to 1,000 senior and disabled passengers. history of gay, lesbian, trans gerder americans could be required as part of history curriculum. it will require gay history to be included in textbooks. it was split nearly along party lines. supporters tell the san francisco chronicle the bill would make california the only state in the nation to require inclusion of lgtb americans in textbooks. opponents say lawmakers shouldn't try to micro manage school curriculum. looks like new york has paperwork issues to work out. marriage forms were supposed to be able to same-sex couples yesterday. they were but they still said bride and groom. the state's new law does not

take affect until july 25th. some are wakt to see if the situation gets worked out. others went ahead and filled out the form. it requires 24 hours between when the couple gets a license and can be married. she wowed audiences in san francisco. remembering the oldest and continuously performing drag queen. vickie lane died at sf general hospital from an undisclosed illness. she performed in san francisco for more than 50 years at aunt charlie's lounge. in addition to making a name for herself on stage, she was one of the very first people in the nation to undergo gender reassignment surgery. >> she gave a lot to the drag queens here in san francisco. she hired them to perform with her, because they made her look

good, okay? >> a memorial will be held at aunt charlie's july 17th. she was 76 years old. it's 6:54 right now. casey anthony, the florida woman acquitted of charges she killed her own daughter could be out of jail tomorrow. the jury found anthony guilty of lying to police but not killing her two-year-old daughter caylee. she will be sentenced tomorrow. with time served, she actually could be released rather quickly. jurors took just 11 hours to deliberate before they delivered the verdict that really shocked a lot of people. jurors are not yet talking to the media, but an alternate juror offered his take. >> the prosecution didn't meet the burden of proof. we had a lot of reasonable doubt there. >> millions of people really closely watched that trial on tv. a lot of people ended up outraged from the verdict and the defense team. an hour after the verdict came down, they were seen celebrating with champagne outside an orlando restaurant close to the courthouse. a cookie company came up

with a tasteless tweet after that verdict we're talking about. scott mcgrew joins us with that. >> the doughnut companient mann's, who is not guilty about eating all the tasty treats they want. the company says it is just a strange coincidence. this tweet came out just a few hours after the trial. it wasn't, they say, referring to the trial. i do want to show you, laura, a picture of the folks at likable media. they posted this on their site. i'm sure they are very nice people. butte but entenmann's is a brand that's been around. >> you're saying old man entenmann's --

>> probably would not approved. if you're a big brand, you need to be very cautious about who you give the power to represent your brand in this day and age. >> you're a golfer, right? >> dozens. >> you can come out with me any time. >> look at you. goodness gracious. >> check out these impressive golf shots. this from a former pga number one player in the world, 2010 pga champ. this one he was putting from a helicopter and makes the shot, hits the green and makes the shot. this one hits the ground all the way up in the air to the nearby bell tower. let's listen. i think you can actually hear the bell eventually clang. >> here it is again. >> he apparently says he did it all for the fun of it. >> he's got nothing on you,

laura. >> there's a bell. we swear. thanks for joining us this morning. >> a lot of fun out there. i say we hit the links later. take as many mull gans or mcgrew's. >> have a great day. .