trouble spots are coming up. the man charged in the daytime drive-by shooting that killed a 3-year-old boy on the streets of oakland this week heads back to court this morning. i'm christie smith. i'll tell you what he's doing in court coming up in a live report. a pit bull kills its pregnant owner on the peninsula. find out what police hope will give them some answers. and santa rosa police are investigating a brazen armed robbery at an armored car company. good morning, i'm marla tellez live in santa rosa. what police are saying about the suspects who are still on the loose this morning, coming up. in the last four days, the dow has either been up 400 or down 400. we've got one more day to go. taking a live look outside,

a beautiful bay bridge, look at that, sun trying to poke through the clouds and fog this morning. we'll check the forecast for friday, august 12th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. it is 6:01. i'm laura garcia cannon. >> hello, i'm john kelly. let's find out the tgif forecast and check in with christina loren. >> we have fog out there, but you saw the picture of the bay bridge, the sun is already trying to break through. so we're not expecting as much fog as yesterday and the marine layer is not so deep that it's going to produce that drizzle. it's mostly staying to our south. you see the drizzle south of san jose and impacting places in monday at that ray. what's to come for the weekend, i think you'll like it. but first let's get a check of your traffic on a casual friday with mike. >> good morning, christine.

we see an easier build to the commu but still there. highway 4, speeds below 30 getting towards antioch, and bay point, slowing there, as well. as well as the accident on i go nearbia valley road. we still have the power pole down in the area by the hospital. >> and developing news we're following this morning. at&t wireless dealing with service outages in parts of the bay area, as well as the sacramento area. an at&t service rep tells us they have been working on it for about an hour now. they don't know how many customers are affected or what caused that outage. the time is 6:02, and this morning sources tell us oakland police are closing in on another suspect in the shooting death of a toddler. this as prosecutors file form murder charges against a man already in custody. "today in the bay"'s christie smith live in oakland with an update. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you, john. and happy friday. i just checked the court's website, and it looks like lawrence denard is due back in

court here in oakland at 9:00 this morning to get an attorney, and possibly enter a plea. now, if he were convicted on all of these charges, he could face life in prison. but those who know him say he would not hurt a child. the 26-year-old patroly was charged with murder in the drive-by shooting that killed 3-year-old carlos nava monday. it was a horrible shooting that has shaken east oakland area where neighbors have seen their share of violence. now, police say he shot at rival gang members monday afternoon, but instead hit and killed carlos. denard's prior convictions include grand theft and being a felon in possession of a gun. now, pit what looks pretty bad a woman who knows him, says she was his ex, says it's not the whole story. >> we're looking from the outside on in, it's like, he's guilty, he's guilty. but he's really not. i believe that in my heart.

>> the defendant, with callous disregard for the safety of everyone, wantonly shot the toddler as they walked home on a bustlinging street. >> reporter: the community continues to come out in support of little carlos and his family with memorial at the site over on 64th and international where the shooting happened. wanted to mention, to help his family, several businesses are holding a fund-raising car wash and barbecue. that is all day this saturday and sunday at that location, 64th and international. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, christie. it's 6:04 right now. a 32-year-old pacific woman is dead, mauled by her own pit bull. today, police hope a necropsy will tell them why that dog attacked. it happened inside 32-year-old door la napora's home yesterday afternoon. her husband came home to find their dog standing over his wife's body.

he got the pit bull outside along with another dog and called 911. the dog got loose while paramedics tried to revive his wife. >> the dog did, in fact, come out, come through the gate and start the to approach officers and first responders. the dog was covered in blood. two officers shot the dog three times. >> the woman died at the scene. animal control took the surviving dog into custody. police say the male dog that attacked had not been neutered. police looking for a mother accused of kid dmapg her own kids. she may be on her way to mexico. she and an unknown friend allegedly kidnapped hernandez 5-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter from morgan hill sunday. they spent four days on the run before dropping the kids off unharmed at their grandmother's house. police say hernandez lost custody of her kids in june and does not have visitation rights. 6:05. new this morning, santa rosa police say robbers broke into an armored truck company and locked

employees inside. police are looking for the suspects this morning. but so far they don't have much to go on. "today in the bay"'s marla tellez is live with more on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this all happened in southwest santa rosa at the garda-armored car company. near stony point avenue. behind us, you can see plenty of the company's armored trucks lined up, parked behind the building. the armed robbery happened late last night. an employee called police about 10:45 saying the company had been robbed and he and another employee, so two employees total were locked inside by the suspects. by that point, though, the suspects had already taken off. detectives say they were armed and according to initial unconfirmed reports, they may have been carrying ak-47s. an unsettling thought, considering the company's location. >> the street that the business is actually on is a -- kind of a corporate business center. and -- but it's surrounded by

residential neighborhoods. some of the businesses are well-lit and others are not. >> reporter: now we're told the suspects got away with some money. how much, police are not saying. as for those employees who were locked inside here, police say they are not hurt, and, of course, they are being interviewed by police this morning. now, police say at least two suspects are still on the loose this morning, and a $2500 reward is being offered for information leading to their arrest. of course, if you have any information, you're asked to call santa rosa police. laura. >> pretty brazen. california supreme court putting a stop to a man to dismantle redevelopment agencies. it says the plan might be legal. that means the agencies will continue to exist while the case is penneding in court. if the court decides california must keep the agencies running it will put a $1.7 billion hole in the state's budget. this year alone, a $400 million shortfall will be coming in some

years in the future. the state budget already in jeopardy this year after july's revenue fell more than $500 million short of those expectations. 6:07. let's take a look at the forecast for today. the all-important weekend with meteorologist christina loren. >> the weekend just couldn't come soon enough for us this week. we're looking really good, hopefully you are looking forward to the weekend as well. we've got some really nice weather in store for you all weekend long. temperatures are going to be right about where they should be or even a little bit below and then we continue to drop off as we head through next week. this morning, we do have a little bit of drizzle coming down in areas south of san jose. and we could see a little bit of drizzle right at the coast, but we're just not picking that up on our radar just yet. now, as we head throughout the remainder of the afternoon into today and tonight, temperatures are going to be a little bit cooler in some spots by the coast. but a little bit warmer inland today with less cloud cover moving all that far inland. so what that means for us, as we head throughout the day, that fog will burn off quite a bit earlier. inland locations, it's going to

take a little bit on the lengthy side when it comes to the coast. so temperatures today are going to be kind of cool at the coast, but you'll get your sunshine later on this afternoon, and i think you'll like what we have for you next week. we'll get to that seven-day coming up. ten miles visibility or better in areas to the south of santa rosa, but we are expecting the fog to get a little bit more thick the next couple hours. 60 in hayward. 50 degrees in santa rosa. as we head throughout the day today, by noon, 75 degrees inland. 84 degrees, that's your daytime high. we've got that seven-day coming up just moments away. let's get you to work on time first with mike. >> 582, a concern, obviously, your direction just outside of the wind mile farms slowing toward north flynn. let me show you livermore. clearing up by just past greenville road there. we do have eastbound traffic that will slow down this afternoon as well, toward the

sierra. looking here, 15-minute drive dublin interchange. no major issues here. live look south. sonol 680 shows a nice smooth drive. sun still coming up. roadways still looking good. still slow in oakland. back to you. >> you know what's coming too? >> what? >> football season. i know you're excited. they played football at the coliseum last night. the raiders opened their preseason schedule against arizona cardinals. new coach hue jackson calling the shots on the sidelines for the first time. and sebastian genachowski taking advantage of the new rule that moves the kickoff spot up to the 35 yard line. he almost kicked it into the front row. the raiders lost 24-18. the niners play in new orleans tonight. >> that's right, my man jim harbaugh, good luck in the glorified practice game. the search for intelligent life back in the bay area.

>> one in five high schoolers here in california will never cross the graduation stage to grab the diploma. we'll delve into the reasons behind these dismal numbers coming up. and we have the details about a sonoma wine countge caw get-away contest on our facebook page.

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t welcome back to "today in the bay." a picturesque shot of the golden gate bridge. lovely out there. a little foggy, but traffic running smoothly. we'll check that traffic and weather coming up at 6:13. new this morning, staggering numbers showing one in five high school students in california will not make it to graduation day. "today in the bay"'s bob redell is live in san jose and is

crunching numbers and what they mean for bay area kids. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the class of 2010 thinned significantly between their freshman and senior years statewide. the california department of education just released new numbers that show that roughly, as you were just saying, one in five high school students throughout the state dropped out of high school during those four years. we want to take a look at your tv screen, here in our neck of the woods, the south bay and east bay pretty much mirrored that trend. when you head up the peninsula and into san francisco, the dropout rates drop, only about one in ten students quit school over the four years. and break it down by race, this is again statewide. african-americans most likely to drop out, their rate was 30% followed by latinos, whites and asians. there are many reasons behind these dropout rates. in some instances, it goes all the way back to third grade. students in some cases are so far behind in their reading skills then, they never catch

up, and then they just give up hope and quit. some spanish-speaking students never transition to english. they drop out. and then there's the economy. some families pressure their children to drop out so they can get a job to support the household. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell. skpron laura, back to you. >> sad. thank you very much, bob. let's check things out on the weather. >> let's jump to the seven-day forecast. it's so nice. hit that chime. good morning to you, 85 degrees on saturday there it is. 82 degrees on sunday. whenever it comes to the weekend, we like to take a good look at what's coming up ahead. now, this morning, we've got some fog out there. that could slow you down a little bit. watch out for that. clear conditions, otherwise inland. we're looking really, really good all across the board when it comes to places like fairfield, concord, livermore. i don't think you'll start out with mostly cloudy conditions this morning. in santa rosa, though, we've got about, yeah, just a half mile of

visibility and dropping to about eight miles in novado. expecting the fog to become worse before it gets better, especially in the city of san francisco. 54 degrees right now. you just saw that live picture of the golden gate bridge, and the fog wasn't actually all that deep just yet. but it's over the next couple of hours where we really have to watch for reduced visibilities. and, of course, mike and myself are all over that for you. 57 in san jose by 8:00 a.m. we don't bump up your numbers all that much, just a couple degrees and you kind of stay put right at the coast. 56 degrees in san francisco at 8:00 a.m. we stop the clock for you yet again at noon and temperatures inland down in the south bay, take a look at this treat you'll get on your lunch break. 70 degrees in sunnyvale, 70 in san jose, and round out the day with temperatures on the warm side in the east bay regions in particular. but really comfortable second half of the day right along the coastline. all right, here it is, o more time. plan those outdoor activities. we've got a great-looking weekend ahead for you. temperatures below their

seasonal averages on sunday. 82 degrees, a little bit of a drop-off, and we continue to drop off all the way through next week. so, hey, plan those outdoor activities. we could be sweltering in heat right now, and it's not too bad. i like t how about you, mike? >> i love it. i love this range of temperatures, christina. it's great. except for the fact that, you know, it's -- well, it's not sweltering. it's august. we're looking over here and a reminder for folks it's the end of the school year as schools get back in session, we're going to see more surface street traffic, really effects folks around businesses as well. right here, more traffic for 101 coming up through typical zone north of tuly past 680. also of note, this evening, ms. katy perry having her concert at hp pavilion so expect surface street traffic through downtown san jose and maybe some colorful hair-dos and whatever else california girls wear. looking over to the east bay now -- we know what california girls wear. we grew up here. looking ahead to 22 now at the all-street, antioch. also slowing through bay point.

speeds down into the 40s over the last ten minutes. and walnut creek following that accident on ignatio valley road. also the latest saying it's slowing off 60. they're going to ask the folks on cal tran to light up the signs to let folks know it's slower toward the hospital. and a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza as the backup starts in the cash lanes. back to you. the search for alien intelligence will resume next month. 42 radio telescopic dishes will power up once again listening for signs of intelligent life in the universe. operators shut down the scopes in april when the mountain view base ran out of money. but through social networking and the other fund-raising over the summer, the organization collected enough money to operate the telescopes through the end of the year. the telescopes also monitor magnetic fields in the milky way, hydrogen gas patterns and

black holes. b.a.r.t. needs your help figuring out how their new fleet will look. what do you think? these are three interior design choices you can vote on. b.a.r.t. will hold a series of open house events in the next few weeks to get your feedback. i don't see any shag carpet there. if you can't make the -- maybe that's a good thing. if you can't make the open house, go to b.a.r.t..gov and submit your opinion that way. >> bringing back the shag car net. good day for kris mullen getting inducted into the basketball hall of fame. he and his flat top. the road to the hall was not easy. he was drafted in 1985 and then battled an alcohol addiction his first few years in the league. he says he hasn't had a drink since 1987. after that, mullen went on to become a five-time all-star and

two-time olympian, now works as a basketball analyst. he will also induct van deveer today. she has two national championships with the cardinal, just one of a handful of coaches shall men or women that have won 800-plus games at the division one level of college basketball. >> not too bad. big honors there. 6:20 now. music will fill the air around the bay area this weekend. and we'll tell you everything you need to know before heading out to the outside lands festival. or ehenve s tosiv janezaz j stfeal. >> sounds cool. it's probably -- everyone is

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wall we'll take a look in a bit. welcome back, everyone. that's a pretty shot overlooking the bay bridge this morning. we'll check the morning commute, and, of course, the all-important forecast coming up at 6:23 right now. this weekend, more than 180,000 music fans rock out at golden gate park. the annual outside lands music festival kicks off. it includes muse, fish, arcade fire and john fogarty. check out these numbers courtesy of another planet entertainment. 550 porta potties on hand. i grew up in porterville, so that's why that happened. two jumbotrons. no relation.

12 miles of fencing. 750 roadies, 750 cases of wine, and 50 wine kegs on site. wow. quite a party there. ♪ and also, the san jose jazz festival starts tonight at 5:00. the three-day music fest will feature music on ten stages. the main stage will be clotloca at chavez park. there will be arts and crafts booths and something for everyone. weekend plans made for you, john. >> i was just reading that zoe keating will be one of the people at the san jose jazz festel value, as well. >> good stuff. adult beverages and music. this evening will mark exactly one week since the big-time downgrade by standard & poor's, and scott, it's safe to say nothing short of a long week. >> we have seen the 400 points up on the dow, down on the dow. 400 moves every day. thursday's close was up 423 points.

so we have been up the week, down the week. these guys have battles, but the rest of us have been left rutterless. yesterday's jump due to better than expected first time jobless claims, falling under 400,000 for the first time in 17 weeks. >> the woman doesn't get enough credit. >> i think it's a pizza. bay area financial officers shows 60% of companies plan to hire in the next coming year. a study by armanio mckenna. but salaries have been unchanged. two-thirds of people think their pay is fair compared to co-workers. british prime minister david cameron appropriating shutting off twitter and facebook in england if police think it will help stop riots. this is video from wednesday. things not so bad this morning. others in the british government, john, telling the prime minister it's simply not feasible to make those kind of service disruptions. but we have seen this happen before in other government

agencies. egypt did it. social media. egyptian government, libyan government. kind of strange to throw them in with this, but b.a.r.t. did it, shutting off cell phone service at the civic center yesterday, trying to interfere with protesters. rnlts modern technology is so helpf helpful, but can even evil, as well. 6:26. still to come on "today in the bay," police could be closing in on a third suspect in the shooting death of a 3-year-old oakland boy. plus, robbers hit an armored car service. find out what employees did to get away from them, next in a live report. and a lot of kids headed back to school on monday. the first day of school outfit very important. we'll help you pick those clothes and your full forecast. , dveelri wheas w'sl,it n to di

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aggressive armed robbery at an armored car company leaves employees stunned this morning. i'm marla tellez live in santa rosa. what police are saying about the suspects, coming up. >> reporter: good morning, i'm christie smith live in oakland where the man charged in a drive-by shooting that killed a 3-year-old boy on the streets of oakland heads back to court today. plus, police may be close to making another arrest. we'll have that story, coming up. the man accused of killing a pleasanton girl calls himself a dirt bag, but doesn't want police to call him a killer. and if you heard some cheering coming from direction, yes, it was our newsroom. it is friday, august 12th. this is "today in the bay." it's your first full week here and you're really glad it's friday. >> i'm feeling the vibration.

very nice. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. >> love the cheering. i'm john kelly. let's keep the good vibe going with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning. we're looking really good right now. we've got some fog out there, 58 degrees right now in concord, headed towards another gorgeous day inland, another gorgeous weekend. things change next week. we'll talk about an impending cooldown on the way. first let's get to the traffic report. casual friday alla tie this morning. sans tie. >> you are insinuating i have bad news. i do. for the b.a.r.t. line, we'll start there, minor delays. this is a pleasant hills station, equipment problems. we had some stirring yesterday afternoon, possible protester activity. but right now, the only issue is the delay for the pleasant hill station and pittsburgh bay point line, yellow on your maps. the toll plaza where the metering lights have been turned on just a few minutes ago, look how quickly that backup built,

as well. that's friday kickoff, so we have the backups for friday. >> thank you very much, mike. the suspects who broke into an armored truck company and locked two employees inside. it happened overnight in santa rosa where marla tellez joins us with the latest on the investigation. pretty brazen robbery. >> reporter: very aggressive. good morning, laura. the company is called gar garda-armored car company in southwest santa rosa. at this point, employees are starting to arrive this morning. i had the chance to talk to a couple of them. one of them tells me this place opened right after 9/11. he is stunned by this entire incident, because it's never been robbed before. he says while it is an international company, it's certainly a small employee staff here, only about 16 employees work inside this building. now, santa rosa police got the call from an employee about 10:45 last night. the employee told police he and another employee, so a total of

two employees, were both locked inside by the suspects, and the company had just been robbed. a responding sergeant explains what police found when they arrived. >> we arrived, we had to free the employees, because the doors were locked, secured. and once we freed the employees, we found they were unharmed. >> reporter: officials say the suspects were armed and they may have been carrying ak-47s. that has not been confirmed yet. now, detectives say the suspects got away with some money, but say it's not clear how much money. and according to the company website, gardaoffers, quote, a complete range of cash-handling services, including traditional armored transportation valuables. now, police say at least two suspects are still on the loose this morning, and a $2500 reward is being offered for information leading to their arrest. of course, if you have any information about this brazen robbery here in southwest santa rosa, you're asked to call santa rosa police.

laura? >> yeah, pretty amazing there. thank you very much, marla. two people police say are responsible for hundreds of thefts up and down the peninsula are behind bars this morning. police have arrested 21-year-old travis casianos and jenny montani, accused of pulling off a string of burglaries in belmont. belmont police teamed up with san mateo detectives to arrest the suspects. victims of recent burglaries are being called to identify dozens of items recovered by the detectives. laura, we are following new developments this morning in the shooting death of a toddler in oakland. sources tell us oakland police are closing in on another suspect. this as prosecutors file formal murder charges against a man already in custody. "today in the bay"'s christie smith life in oakland with an update this morning. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, john. lawrence denard is being held without bail from the police station where we're standing. he is due back in court around

9:00 this morning. after he was charged yesterday in connection with a horrible drive-by shooting that killed a approximate 3-year-old boy on the streets of oakland this monday. now, those who know denard say despite a history of violence in east oakland, they don't think he could commit such a horrible crime. denard appeared in court yesterday, but did not enter a plea in connection with the daytime drive-by shooting that killed 3-year-old carlos nava. he was with his family near a pizza shop. this was broad daylight, when someone opened fire. police say the intended target was actually two rival gang members. according to court records, denard was convicted of grand theft in 2004, and also convicted of being a felon in possession of a gun. it all sounds pretty bad, but friends and family say he's no killer. >> he's a good guy. he's really a good guy. with my daughter with his daughter, he's a good dad, he's a good guy.

>> lawrence denard pulled out a gun, fired at a young child, and killed and murdered a young child. that's enough of lawrence denards on the city of oakland. >> reporter: police continue to look for at least one more suspect, and may be close to an arrest. but they do believe that denard is the shooter. this has really shaken up that neighborhood in east oakland where baby carlos was shot. police are saying that clearly people are touched by this oftentimes with homicides they don't get very many witnesses to come forward. but that is not the case in this shooting. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much for the update. 6:35 now. the man accused of a 1984 murder in pleasanton is talking this morning. steven carlson told "the contra costa times", i may be a dirt bag but i didn't hurt nobody, unquote. carlson is accused of stabbing

14-year-old tina fails to death. he was 16 years old at the time. carlson and she both attended foot hill high school. he told the feds he saw her on campus but didn't know her personally. he says he doesn't know why he is being charged. he thinks police are blaming him because he has a criminal record and is close to that case. well, it is friday. my question is, are we going to enjoy a spectacular weekend, ms. loren? >> i don't know. what are your plans? what are you doing? really depends. if you're going to be outside, if you want something spectacular to happen, at least the weather will accommodate your plans. we're looking really good. we have some fog out there right now. but our marine layer, especially in this area, the bay area, not deep enough to generate that drizzle. we're noticing that drizzle, though, just offshore near monterey. so watch out for that. we could see this moiz tour start to creep up. i think if we see drizzle, the most likely location will be santa cruz, over the santa cruz mountains. this is where we are right now, 60 degrees in hayward, forget about that jacket in hayward this morning, might need it in places like santa rosa, at 50

degrees. 54 for san francisco, and 55 in oakland. as we head throughout the day tow today, i think by about 7:00 a.m., 61 degrees, a fair amount of cloud cover at that time inland. but starting to clear by noon, completely clear conditions, 75. and you'll swing out the day at about 84 degrees. really comfortable in places like los gatos. 77 in redwood city, 80 in san francisco. the seven-day forecast, your weekend forecast, locked, loaded, ready to go. we'll show you in a minute. but first, if you've got to get out the front door right now, mike is a busy man on a get-away friday. >> at least i'm still here, though. made it to work smoothly. i have a warning for folks getting to work, highway 4 with the slow down. speeds down near 10 miles per hour. pretty heavy slowing all the way towards allen, also slowing in bay point, watch 680 show slowing in the next half hour. we're watching this accident in walnut creek, as well. eastbound, a lane block as you head east away from the freeway on ignacio valley road, traffic in the area, and also a power

pole down there, so that might be an issue for both that intersection as well as the surrounding area, as more folks wait up, waiting for calls from pg&e, but so far pg&e says it's just that one pole that has the power issue. if it you work by the hospital, john muir over there, may be an issue for you. 9 rest of the approach for the toll plaza, no big deal. and here's what it looks like for oakland, device guys, there you go. coming up, a new report shows us how much kids are dropping out of school in california. plus, a war memorial in the east bay reaches its limit. find out why it can't get any larger. gop candidates taking shots at president obama and each other in a debate. a live report from washington next. a live look outside in san francisco. waiting for the sun to poke through inhat area. area. st:> $$zmersation, fhe

.ut,republic one y2debate.pq 6:41 right now. eight republicans, one debate. they squared off in iowa last night. "today in the bay"'s tracie potts is live in washington with the highlights and news that the crowded field could get more crowded. good morning. >> hey, laura, it's already crowded. we saw eight major candidates last night, about two hours they

took to try to convince us they were the one. most of them talking about the economy, and cutting corporate taxes and capital gains taxes. in fact, michele bachmann and herman cain said they would create a turn around in 90 days. interestingly, mitt romney as the front runner stayed clean in this one while the two candidates from minnesota fought it out. >> i'm not going to eat barack obama's dog food. what he served up you is not what i would have done. >> her accomplishments and list of results is nonexistent. >> you said the era of small government is over. that sounds a lot more like barack obama, if you ask me. >> now, you said it, laura, the field is already crowded. we saw eight major candidates on the stage, not to mention a few minor ones who weren't in the debate. but there are more to come. at least one that we know.

over the weekend, keep an eye out for texas governor rick perry. he's expected to make his big announcement on saturday. >> what do you think, potts-garcia? >> potts-garcia could work. i don't know, maybe we should wait until the next one. >> all right. thank you very much, tracy. have a good weekend. the time now is 6: -- i can't see. >> 6:43. >> thank you very much. coming up, a live report. always got my back. live report in california, drop-out rates, which bay area schools lost some of their most important students. plus, b.a.r.t. explains itself. why did theyff c c outlel service at a san francisco

time now for another look outside.

and this weather. i love this time of year when this weather gets like this. thank you very much. >> well, you know, you do. but i have nothing to talk about. so for me it's been rough. actually, i'm enjoying it. i don't like giving all my money over to pg&e, and this month i haven't had to. last month, i didn't have to either. hopefully that's the case for you as well. and this cold marine air is the reason why. you know about june gloom, may gray. but we're in august now and still starting out with really foggy conditions each and every morning. you can see that here from our live picture of san francisco. taking a look at the transamerica pyramid. you can actually almost see the top of it, which is better than we had yesterday. right to your forecast for today. currently nice and comfort. our temperatures are looking really good. we do have reduced visibility now, especially in the north bay to tell you about. you're down to a half mile in santa rosa and we have thick pockets developing between santa

rosa and novato so extra time if you're waking up in the north bay. 60 degrees in hayward, 56 in sunnyvale and 54 in san mateo. 8:00, temperatures won't climb that much, but it will get more mild in places like san francisco. you'll be up to 56 degrees and temperatures will start to really climate noon when that sun comes out in full force, even over places in san francisco, oakland, yeah, you're going to see sunshine today. probably earlier than yesterday. 81 degrees in fremont, 82 in san jose. the next three days in detail. temperatures are going to climb a little bit as we head through tomorrow, warmer, hold on to good air quality. then we fall as we head into sunday. by monday, mild weather continues, and take a look at this. back down to the 70s next week. so i hope you enjoy this fair weather. school starts monday. let's see how it's doing now with mike. >> it starts for some monday. we ease into that throughout the bay area with all of the different school districts. so we will like christina says

see a change in flow. tonight a change in flow past the coliseum. very easy for 880 now. this evening, the a's are playing. just plan on that there. here, the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights on, easy drive, minor slowing at the berkeley curve and at the toll plaza. this will build and last throughout the day as folks head into the city for weekend activities. some of the big activity going on at golden gate park. outside lands festival, expect ℠s c accessing that roadway, as well. and that means muni affected as well. throughout the weekend until sunday at 11:00 p.m. when they clear that up. so nice for the morning commute monday. but that's monday. you've got katy perryñeend.

and >>ó8 for 80, south bay. 101 through 680 and also downtown, the katy perry concert are congestion out of pleasanton and livermore, as well. >> get the idea mike is a katy perry fan. school districts where nearly half the students fail to graduate from high school. but new data collected here in california shows, yes, in fact, it is happening right here in the bay area. bob redell has been breaking down all of the numbers this morning and joins us live. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, john. between their freshman and senior years, the class of 2010 thinned dramatically, significantly in the state of california. the department of education in the state just release the new numbers that show roughly one in five students throughout the state dropped out of high school during those years. look at your tv screen. here in our neck of the woods, the south bay and east bay mirrored that trend, generally speaking. it's a little bit better off the peninsula and only one in ten students quit school over the four years.

we're here at william c overfelt high school and east side union high school district of san jose. we came here because the dropout rate during that time was pretty bad. it was around 24.5%. so you are looking at one in four students during that time dropping out of high school. principal kiala, you have been here during that time. why is the rate so high? >> we attribute a lot to poverty, hard conditions. this is not just a school issue. i see this as a societal issue. schools with their lack of funding are really having difficulty trying to get these students to turn their lives around. >> reporter: is it hopeless? is there something that can be done, given the state of affairs today? >> i think there's two things. one, for us, these aren't just numbers, these are real students' lives, we see them every day, we know their struggles, what they're going through. and i think if our society really invested not just in public schools, but really in supports for these poverty students in need, i think we could make a difference. but until we're willing to as a society make that investment, i can we're going to continue to see this kind of numbers. >> reporter: and given what's going on in our economy, with

budgets, it doesn't seem like there's anything in the near-term. does that jive with what you're hearing? >> well, i agree with that. i'll tell you, it's inspirational to see the hard work of the teachers and staff at a school like over felt where they're really trying hard to get students to turn their lives around. and when you look the other way, for every one that drops out, there are three that are overcoming struggles, overcoming obstacles and really making their way in the future, graduating, ready for college, going to college. changing their lives. it's going to take a lot of hard work. we're not willing to give up. we're going to keep doing that. >> thank you very much. appreciate your hard work, as well. >> thank you. >> reporter: reporting live here in san jose, bob redell. john and laura. >> thank you for the update. 6:51 right now. the people blind the lafayette memorial to soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan is too big to maintain. it can be seen from highway 24. there are about 4,000 crosses,

stars of david and islamic crescents representing u.s. military deaths since 2003. organizers say they can't add anymore, because volunteers are having a hard time with upkeep. those volunteers trim the grass and repaint the fading crosses. want to get you caught up on the latest developments in the investigation into the shooting debt of a toddler in oakland. "today in the bay"'s christie smith is live in oakland with an update. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. lawrence denard is expected bac here in oakland to get an attorney and perhaps enter a plea in this connection with this the drive-by shooting that killed a 3-year-old boy on monday. friends say the 26-year-old parolee was no kill e despite a criminal history. he did not enter a plea yesterday little carlos little carlos

killed in the melee monday, brought daylight in east oakland. police say that witnesses are being very helpful with them, though they continue to look for one more suspect. and c getting information that they may be close to making another arrest. reporting live in oakland, find out smith, "today in the , >> thank you very much, christie. the two men who killed oakland journalist chauncey bailey and two other men find out today if they'll get as b judge will hear a motion from the lawyers of your black muslim bakery reader and his associate, antoine macke today. they have claimed the prosecution's key witness, broussard lied on the stand to get a plea deal. he said he was ordered to kill bailey in order to stop the journalist from printing an article about your black muslim bakery. if a judge denies the motion, broussard will be sentenced. if you're one of the people wondering what the heck happened, b.a.r.t. is explaining

why it turned off cell service at the civic center station. here's the deal. it beefed up security and then turned off the service after rumors surfaced protesters might disrupt train service during last night's rush hour. people protesting the death of passenger charles hill by b.a.r.t. police filed this -- filled the station july 11th. b.a.r.t. says it realizes turning off the cell service is an inconvenience for many, but it's not something the agency does or plans to do on a regular basis. police in london, england just opened a murder investigation linked to this week's riots, a man attacked while he tried to put out a fire died at a hospital thursday. crowds attacked monday night. and police released video of a man they want to talk to in connection to the 68-year-old man's death. he is the fourth person to die from the roy yoiots this week. students clogged the streets of santiago chile overnight. police ended up spraying the crowd with water cannons there.

protesters threw rocks and sticks at the trucks. students for weeks have rallied to get better education that is more affordable. laura? >> thanks so much, john. 6:54 right now. scott has got a check of our markets this morning. >> in our new decorated center. right. let's talk wall street. dow industrials up 131 points this morning. it's -- boy, it's been a weird week. up 400, down 400 over the last four days. tivo is buying back some of its stock. tivo is up 4%. and we're hearing the latest rumors that apple could have its next announcement, gathering of journalists on september 7th. meanwhile, let's talk gadget friday and i have it here. i have to move my knee. it is an alarm clock called time command from stem innovation. it's an alarm clock that also has an ipod dock. and that means you can wake up to songs -- itunes songs, say radio free europe by r.e.m. it also has an internet radio so you can wake up to actual radio

free europe as well. the interesting thing, it controls your bedside lamp, so if the music isn't enough to wake you, maybe the light will. and laura i'll even show you how it works. >> wow, cool. >> yeah, that is cool. hit the button and on comes the light and hit again, off goes the light. hard to see -- >> do it again. yes, that's how that works. >> so the lights will come on as well. the school starts monday, you can't bang garbage can lids anymore, because it's those big plastic wheeled ones and you can't get those down the hall. >> is that what it takes? you've still got the teenagers. i've got the toddlers. mpths they like to wake up. >> looking forward to the forecast this weekend, as well. hopefully we can get out and about. >> hopefully. and for the first week of school, it's going feel fall-like, even though we are in the heart of august. 61 degrees at 7:00 a.m. yep, we are really comfortable right now as you walk out that front door, up to 84 degrees

inland at the end of the day, really comfortable numbers, not too hot, not too cold. for your forecast, check nbc bay area.com. let's check the drive now with ] with a closure of most of ignacio valley road, away from the freeway, off 680, as well. downed power lines in the area might cause a problem for signals. be advised if you're heading towards john muir. there will be slowing and possible power issues. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. we'll have a local news update in a little bit. the "today" show up next. wi that's right. we'll talk about the new debate over whether or not banned fromg with students over facebook. >> interesting. plus, the zack brown band will be live in the plaza. part of their friday concert tour. thanks so much for joining us this morning. thanks for sticking it out. first week under the belt. feeling good. spectacular is an understatement. i feel very good. >> good. good to have the newest member

to our team, john kelly. good to have the newest member to our team, john kelly. you'll