of tara romero coming up. a big day of demonstrations planned at uc berkeley sprow plaza. we could see occupy cal spring up today. i'm christie smith. ed lee leads the san francisco mayoral race this morning. the question remains will he lead at the end of the day. it is wednesday, cold day, november 9th, "today in the bay." always coldest before the sun comes up. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm jon kelley. we check in with meteorologist christina loren to tell us about that cold weather. >> the cold weather will make way to one of the warmest days we can expect. temperatures in the 70s in some cities. in fairfield you're at 35, 34 in santa rosa right now.

just a couple degrees away from freezing. temperatures climbing. lots of sunshine today. and then the rain rolls in late tomorrow. we're expecting a lot of it. we'll break that forecast down for you coming up. first let's get you out the front door with mike. we don't have rain on the roads, but we have lumber on the freeway. this is a northbound 101. the transition ramp to southbound 280. not really a major commute spot, but we have what looks like construction material on the roadway. we'll watch for that to clear. i'm watch for any slowing. none so far on this side of the bay. we'll show you the east bay slowdowns coming up. mike, thank you very much. a shaken and grieving south bay neighborhood trying to come together and really deal with this, hoping to heal after a drive-by shooting killed a 14-year-old girl. at the same time the accused killers will be in court. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in morgan hill with an update on this. good morning, marla? >> reporter: good morning. here we are at the morgan hill

community and cultural center. this is where people are going to be meeting tonight to talk about the senless death of tara romero. the 14-year-old from morgan hill was shot and killed in this city in a drive-by shooting friday night. three of her teenage friends were hurt. it happened near cosmo and del monte avenue while the four were waiting for a ride home. police say the five suls spektsz are gang members ranging in age from 17 to 23. today all five are scheduled to be arraigned in santa clara county superior court at 2:00 this afternoon. romero's father tells nbc bay area he now know what it means when someone says no parent should ever have to bury their child. >> should have been me and let her live. we've got to find strength. i'll honor her every day of my life. >> reporter: romero's friends

are honoring her with a facebook page titled "r.i.p." tara romero. the family explains a fund has been set up at a wells fargo to help pay for funeral costs. if you'd like to make a donation, you can stop by your wells fargo bank and mention the taro romero fund. there is a community meeting tonight from 7:00 to 9:00 to talk about the death of tara romero. jon? >> a heart-wrenching situation. marla tellez, thank you for the report. a $125,000 reward is on the table to help solve an 8-year-old murder case. the san francisco police department and citizens against homicide are unveiling a new billboard to try to solve the 2003 beating death of victor balk. ed lee hoping to hold on to

his commanding lead in san francisco's mayoral race. lee the top vote getter. he has 31% of the vote. but he did not get 50%, so that means ranked choice voting will kick in as expected. right now lee has a 13-point vote lee over john avalos. election officials think we'll have an official winner sometime later on this afternoon. we want to take another look at the races around the bay area. sunnyvale's measure a would have allowed a public vote on the city's mayor. it failed. city council will continue to elect the mayor from council members. san francisco voters approved a measure asking the school district to change how it assigns students to school. emeryville approved two measures to increase business taxes. >> cupertino, pittsburg, foster city and redwood city passes hotel tax increases to bring in more revenue. >> school bonds for san francisco, newark, san bruno and

millbrae all passed. pacifica passed a partial tax to help fund skooltsz. >> measures that failed include a parcel tax in lafayette, a sales tax increase in san francisco, a bond measure for san mateo community colleges and bond mez measure for the san bruno unified school district. it's 6:05. this morning a prom meant east bai yun versity is getting occupied. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live on the campus of uc berkeley where students, teachers and community members from across the bay area will meet today to establish occupy cal. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. kind of surprised this hasn't happened before. there is a whole day of action planned here at uc berkeley. it gets started in about two hours. there's going to be some picketing going on. professors are going to be holding their classes outside here on sproul plaza. mixed in, an encampment may be established occupy cal even though the chancellor has come

out with a firm message saying he does not support any encampment overnight. you can't occupy buildings either. he says the discussions, debate are fine. but no tents or structures out here. there are signs out all over the plaza this morning. a noontime rally could bring thousands of people out here. demonstrators here talking about how they're against tuition hikes and budget cuts. exactly when and where today any occupy cal encampment might go up is apparently being kept quiet according to the daily cal student newspaper because they're not really sure how uc police might react. but police are quoted as saying that they will follow what the chancellor tells them to do. but the group is saying they expect larger-than-normal crowds out here today because they're getting support from a number of activist groups including occupy oakland. live at uc berkeley, christie smith, jon and laura, back to

you. a new wave of occupy protests will hit silicon valley inspired by demonstrations across the country and will stage annual occupy the streets protest planning a noon valley at chase bank on san francisco and market streets. the group wants to show what it says is the rising inequalities in prove verity in silicon valley. more protests will be held next week at different locations. time to check back in on the weather. meteorologist christina loren here to tell us wheel have rain coming this weekend, but a nice day today, right? >> nice day today. a pretty nice thursday as well. then friday, forget about it. any sort of outdoor activity you wanted to attend to celebrate veterans' day, you want to make sure you bring that umbrella. we have a lot of rain headed our way. we'll get right to the forecast, 34 in novato, 34 in santa rosa, 40 in sunnyvale. veterans' day friday, 11/11/11, a lot of weddings planned.

we could see heavy rainfall at least for the first part of the day. stay tuned to the forecast. right now that's what we're looking at. we'll get to your futurecast in a couple moments. right now we're watching deep fog, really thick pockets of fog. a mile and a half of visibility. elsewhere we've got pretty good visibility. we are expecting the fog to develop in your inland valleys yet again, especially places that still have that remnant moisture from the showers that came through over the weekend. high pressure compresses everything, forces it right to the surface. that's what we're expecting as he head through probably 9:30. temperatures warming today by about three to five degrees from yesterday's high. 70 in fairfield, 69 in san jose. you'll hit 70 degrees in los gatos, not too bad. then everything starts to change. as we head through the next 48 hours, clouds will increase ahead of this coastal storm. what's going to happen is this area of low pressure is going to set up just offshore. that could bring in bands of moisture off the coast and sit stationary, maybe six to seven hours. that means we could get flooding

and your futurecast, actually bringing that in for you this morning. let me step out of the way here. we stop the clock at 11:00 p.m. thursday. you can see how much moisture the system is packing. put that into motion, stop it at 9:00 a.m. really rough drive friday morning. of course mike inouye and myself will be here to help get you through that. by noon turning showery, but picking up maybe two inches of rain in the higher elevations in cities that get the most moisture. friday overall looks like a washout with showers continuing throughout the day. something i want to point out, on your snow levels a lot of that snow is only going to make its way into yosemite. we'll tell you when the significant snowfall from our next system arrives, and even that is not expecting much. it will have that and the seven day outlook in my next report. let's get to mike right now and your drive. christina, we'll take you to our chopper over highway 92. an earlier stall was hooked up and now clearing from the

westbound commuted direction. we'll head over the high-rise. that's a pretty good clip for a tow truck. they're making quick work of it. we'll look at a slower drive for livermore, tri-valley area, 34 as you're coming past north flynn. the heart of livermore showing the slower drive. speeds in the 50s. no problems through pleasanton or dublin. that will build over the next few. 50 through pittsburg indicating speeds are slowing. getting close to the 7:00 hour as well. finally, the north bay times, nice easy drive from highway 12 where speeds are down into the 50s. the volume building into know votto. smooth through san rafael and through the golden gate bridge. still under 20 minutes. clearing it up out there. the time is 6:10. a former director of homeland security could be the next president of the troubled penn state university.

>> reporter: i'm bob redell here just getting things ready for a christmas tradition that's returning to the city by the bay. we'll take you to the holiday ice rink at union square coming up. >> bob redell always getting the best gigs out there. a cool start to the morning. a live look out on the south bay. enjoy the day. rain in the works according to meteorologist christina lorens. 6:11 right now. for the latest news, traffic and weather, and all sorts of stimulating conversation, find us on facebook at nbc baea i couldn't afford my health insurance anymore

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the time now is 6:13. former homeland security director tom ridge could be tapped to be penn state university's new president. the school's board of trustees is said to be moving fast on future plans in the wake of a sex abuse scandal. a former assistant football coach is accused of sexually assaulting at least eight boys. espn reports ridge is a front-runner. joe paterno seems to be fighting to keep his job. last night he spoke to students gathered outside his home sglp i know you guys have a lot of questions and i was hoping i was going to be able to answer them today. we'll try to do it soon, as soon as we can. we can't do it today. >> looks like a lot of media there. paterno faces no charges in the case, but he is taking heat for not going to police after learning of the accusations. he took them to the athletic director who now faces perjury charges. herman cain facing his fellow republican candidates tonight, a day after he publicly

denied the sexual harassment claims made against him. >> they simply didn't happen. they simply did not happen. the latest debate on cnbc is scheduled to focus on jobs and the economy. but the sexual harassment claims are sure to come up tonight. other candidates like mitt romney and newt gingrich already weighing in on them. and cain's camp, they accused rick perry's camp of actually leaking all of these stories. >> could start to morning but should be nice later today. >> nice day today and tomorrow will be okay as well f. you want to make outdoor plans, feel free to do so. 70s popping up. san francisco, look at that, typically much cooler than what we see in the inland cities. that's going to be about 67 degrees of your forecasted high. the gorgeous start over the city

of san jose. sun coming up about 6:40 a.m. your sunrise absolutely beautiful. let's take it live to san francisco, you also are getting a gorgeous sunrise over the bay bridge this morning. grab the sunglasses especially if you're heading into the east. sunsets in the west, rises in the east. temperatures right now are cold. we've got the 30s, 36 in concord, 38 in livermore and 34 degrees this morning in know votto and santa rosa. grab a jacket. temperatures on the mild side later today. we have fog to deal with as well. about a mile and a half of visibility. high pressure clearing our skies, keeping things really nice. you can see we have a storm system just to our north. we will see a few of the clouds filter in. the clouds make for the gorgeous sunrise over the city by the bay. temperatures today in the 60s and 7 es. 69 in livermore, 70 in fairfield and gilroy. our next storm systems rides in

as we head through the next 48 hours. so as we head throughout your morning, we're going to track this for you, time it out and let you know how much rain we're expecting. at the coast we could potentially see pretty heavy flooding. that's what we're forecasting as we take you through the next 48 hours. major changes, unsettled weather on the way. we'll take you through that coming up. first let's get you to work on time with mike inouye. let me take you to the maps. a smooth drive right now in the south bay. we want to points out, though you have your northbound slowing right here starting at 680 going all the way up and both directions for 101 right at guadalupe showing the slowdown as well. over here, highway 85 we have debris reported heading towards sunnyvale. watch for crews that might have to clear that for the next few minutes. down to the south bay via 680, you'll use sunol for many people. we'll get a live look out there to see how things are shaping up here. we notice a smooth drive, smooth southbound traffic flow heading

over the hill which we can still make out. the low clouds hovering over those hills into fremont. sunol often a special case. keep that in mind as far as the visibility goes right through that patch past the golf course. oakland 880 at the limit or close to it. the volume is picking up here. expect to see some slowing coming up. 15 minutes from san leandro to the toll plaza. metering lights are on. all lanes should be filling in over the next five to ten minutes. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. holiday fun is on ice across the bay area. today the ice rink at union square opens in san francisco. who better to test it out? bob redell heating up the ice with his skates. look at the work that actually goes into creating the rink. we're up close and personal with you today, bob. >> laura, in the time i've been testing, you can see i've already scratched up the ice. >> where's the zamboni when you

need it. >> reporter: funny you should ask. there's the key, there's the switch, and let's hope we don't ruin anything here. we got the zambini, the minor version of the zamboni. watch yourself. >> you're behind the wheel. >> good to see you this morning. the fourth year of the holiday ice rink. >> that is correct, fourth year. >> becoming quite the tradition here in union square. >> it is. the heart of the shopping district in san francisco. this is san francisco. nowhere else can this happen like it does right here. the city of san francisco, the park and rec, so many people have come together to make sure this happens every year. it's a wonderful holiday tradition for people to come out and enjoy the heart of the city. >> i'm surprised so many people use this to propose to their significant others. >> a lot of people do leave

their hearts right here in the heart of san francisco. >> this is obviously a portable ice, how long does it take to get the ice frozen. >> the ice is the easy part. putting the other operational things to make sure it looks like an upscale sports facility, that takes about two weeks. the ice takes about two days, and we're good to go. >> today is the grand opening. >> grand opening, 9:30 we have the ghost from christmas present, act theater will be here. the first 20 people here will get free tickets to see the show. when we have the tree lighting a little later, johnny wier is going to be skating here. speed skating coming up on december 1st. drag queens on ice on december 8th. a lot of fun events. look at this, look at the westin hotel. >> let go and see if you get any momentum off that. >> do a little drifting. >> get behind me, get behind me,

drafting. he doesn't want to do that. 10:00 to 11:30 are the hours every day. you go to unionsquareicerink.com for more information. grand opening. lovely holiday tradition in san francisco assuming i don't run into the wall. >> don't destroy it before it opens. very cool. i think the fun has already started out there that's for sure. thanks so much, bob. >> "blades of glory" the see call starring bob redell. coming up, job hunters, pay attention, there's a boot camp for you in south san francisco today. >> more people looking for jobs as a major high tech company lays off. we'll take a look coming up.

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welcome back. it's 6:24 right now. some of the bay area's top companies are in the hiring mood today and want to meet you face to face. the job hunters boot camp is at the south san francisco conference center today. it will start at 10:00 this morning and finish by 2:00. congresswoman jackie spear you see there is sponsoring the event. 26 companies including facebook, safeway and kaiser permanente will be there. california is on track to meet a lofty solar goal. an environmental group says the state will have solar panels on about 3 million homes by 2016. the group called environment california says $3.3 billion

initiative led to the installation of 800 megawatts of solar power in the last five years. the goal is to be producing 3,000 megawatts by 2016. laura, speaking of solar power, california homes now produce one gigawatt of solar power. scott mcgrew joins us. the educated guess is that's because we're blessed with so much sunshine out here. >> that's half the reason. the other reasonable is the solar panels you see popping up on people's homes. put together they generate the same electricity as two medium size power plants. a report from environment california say it is solar leasing programs do work, solar city where you end up paying less each mother than you would be paying pg&e for electricity make a huge dent in the market. turning to wall street, not

sunny there. once again europe weighing upon us. italy now paying so much on interest on debt it can't hope to continue without a bailout. we could lose 200 points on the dow at the hope. add to be bee will cut hundreds of workers despite expectations it will make $1 billion in revenue this quarter alone. adobe rethinking its product lines and apparently will need fewer people. they're giving up on mobile flash. you say why do i care? i will remind you that ipads and iphones don't use flash. you'll recall steve jobs had a huge fight with adobe over this. adobe giving up on the flash. that is part of what the lay-off -- the causes behind the lay-offs. back to you. >> thank you very much, scott. 6:26 right now. still to come on today in the bay, should you be taxed for shopping online. congress will debate that very question today.

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traffic picking up. we'll check the forecast and the commute on this wednesday, november 9th, "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us. 6:30 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. time to check in with christina loren to find out the day ahead. >> gorgeous day, especially when you put it into perspective. we could see flooding at the coast as we head through late thursday into friday. we've got a major storm on the way. this one is going to impact us all the way through probably early saturday. then we've got another one, a colder system bringing snow to the sierra nevada. a lot to talk about this morning. in the freezing territory in gilroy, santa rosa and fairfield making way to the 70s. we've got the very nice forecast coming up. we want to check your drive with mike inouye. >> i can confirm the heater

works at our house. looking over to the south bay where we'll confirm there is slowing northbound 101. pretty heavy, quite heavy from 680 north towards 87. guadeloupe parkway both sides sleeing some slowing. no major incidents. this is a similar pattern we saw yesterday. this is a tough drive yesterday morning. we're tracking things carefully. it is 6:31 right now. the life of a 14-year-old south bay girl cut very short by a drive-by shooting. she'll be remembered by friends and family later today. the neighborhood meeting will take place after five suspects accused of murder are arraigned in court. there will be a neighborhood meeting, we should say. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live in morgan hill this morning with a look at what's sure to be an emotional day. good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. the city of morgan hill sent out this flier letting people know about tonight's meeting design.

it's happening right here at the morgan hill community and culture center from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. the 14-year-old was with three other teenage friends friday night here in the city when they were gunned down in a drive-by shooting. romero was killed. her friends injured. five suspects were arrested. all are scheduled to be arraigned at 2:00 this afternoon in santa clara county superior court. police say all are gang members. romero's family tells nbc bay area his daughter was smart and focused, and she recently told him she wanted to go to harvard. >> saying, you know, worst thing for the parent is to bury your own. >> reporter: romero's friends have set up a facebook page in her honor titled r.i.p. tara romero. in this case her friends say r.i.p. stands forest in paradise. according to the page there's a fund-raising car wash this

saturday in san jose on bernal road to help pay for funeral costs. concerned people upset about morgan hill's first homicide in more than two years are encouraged to attend tonight's meeting from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. >> a nice community down there. thank you very much, marla. yes, the polls have closed. no, we do not have a winner in several high-profile races in san francisco. in the contest for san francisco district attorney george gascon leading after the first round of voting with 42%. david onek got about 22%. because nobody has that 50% needed for the plus one majority, ranked choice voting must go into effect in the race. the same is true in the race for san francisco sheriff. ross mere cammy has 38%, chris kun any at 28%. in berkeley, more occupy protests are being planned. but this time on the uc berkeley

campus. educators, students and community leaders will gather to build a two-day encampment on campus. the school's chancellor warns students that encampments won't be allowed. they irp protesting the cuts in fees and privatization of public education systems. organizers expect thousands to attend. protests will hit two other campuses as well. protesters at cal state east bay and san jose state are protesting what they say are csu's misplaced priorities, picketing at csu east bay will start at 7:30 this morning to 10:30. at san jose state profess stores will walk out from 9:00 to 11:00 this morning. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas out there. the holiday ice rink in san francisco's union square opening up today. "today in the bay's" bob redell is there live showing his skills on the ice and doing his thing. bob, what is happening? >> defying gravity, that's all

that matters, defying gravity out there. i have to tell you the weather out here is fantastic. the fourth annual holiday ice rink in union square, middle of san francisco is opening later this morning. i want to catch up with this guy here, the general manager, robert keith. you were telling me you do a lot of these rinks throughout the country, setting them up. how does this compare? you say this is close to your heart? >> this one is the absolute best, bob. when union square business improvement district brought willy b. tech productions in here, they worked hard, planned a lot. this is just the absolute best place to go skating in all of america. imagine this. we're in the heart of san francisco, the sun is coming up, getting ready form opening ceremonies. what better thing can you do? this is it! it's magic on ice right here in san francisco! >> is robert enthusiastic? grand opening ceremony today at

9:30. and from 10:00 to 11:30 every day. skate rentals, $13 to $18. >> $10 for admission, $5 for skate rental. figure r hockey. part of the proceeds go to the boys and girls club. that's a cool thing, give back to the city here in san francisco. it's a fun thing, december 1st, we have speed date skating. got to come to that. a great single event here on the ice. december 8th -- [ laughter ]. >> are you okay? >> i'm fine. how are you bob? >> okay. that guy is awesome. >> next time i won't try to get close. go to union square ice rink for more information.

[ laughter ] i take full responsibility for that. >> that's your fault. you're tripping him up right there. >> no tripping up that guy. his enthusiasm for that ice rink opening -- >> are you okay? >> perfect. >> i feel a lawsuit coming soon. >> no, no. >> robert keith versus bob redell. >> a lot of fun. thanks so much. good sports. >> that makes you want to go ice skating. >> no kidding. >> i'm pumped up. bundle up this morning. as the day progresses, it will be a nice one. we'll check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> i bet that guy does very well speed skate dating style, very smooth. 37 in napa. just above freezing in fairfield and gilroy. we'll see the 70s pop up today. temperatures will climb by about three to five degrees from yesterday's highs, slightly warmer today. even warmer for tomorrow because that rain we've been telling you about isn't slated to arrive

from tomorrow evening into the overnight hours. this is a lot of rain we're talking about. friday looks like a total washout, the first part of the day. flooding possible, periods of rain especially at the coast. we'll get right to that. 67 in san francisco, 68 for today in redwood city. today's highs pretty comfortable, right on track with our seasonal averages. then we start to drop off as this coastal storm rides up right against the coastline. it's going to set up shop just offshore of the south bay. if you live on the south end of the peninsula, that's where we're expecting the heaviest rainfall. today sunny and warmer, increasing clouds ahead of the system of low pressure. thursday night the rain develops. this is what we're talking about. you see the bands of orange, red, green. this is heavy rain slated to move over your area as we head through friday. we'll take you to that forecast coming up in a if minutes at 6:38. first let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> getting slow all over the place. highway 4, it's not just slow in

antioch, look at that. a 45 registering and slowing through pittsburg and bay point. 242, a slowdown towards concord and toward the walnut creek interchange. a look at more times throughout the east bay. slowing for 580 out of altamont pass. 580 and 880 through oakland, that drive is okay. sunol, a live shot shows the slowing drive because of the clouds descending upon the roadway as folks head south towards fremont. expect slowing around the split with the hov lane. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza shows the backup here, not yet reaching west grand avenue. pretty smooth drive, but the metering lights are on heading into the city. i just got word in the city itself there may have been a minor accident on the ice in union square. >> exactly. a skid-out. >> back to you guys. >> thank you very much. it is 6:39 right now. this san jose man sitting in jail this morning accused of attacking his own mother with a

baseball bat. neighbors say it was his outfit that first got their attention. we'll tell you why. congress will debate a potential internet tax that could put a crimp in your buliday shopping a livwel have a le report nextv so i got this new job last week, but their health insurance

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"today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington. it sounds like the plan is gaining some support? >> reporter: it is gaining support from people who say california alone could get another $4 billion a year, much-needed revenue if the state could simply charge sales tax every time you buy something online. right now we only pay tax if there's actually a brick and mortar store of that website in the area where you live. there's been this effort for a while, and only congress can do it according to the courts, to allow states to charge that sales tax. as you might imagine ebay, amazon, big online retailers are against this because they say they can't deal with 50 different tax systems in 50 different states. if it was streamlined as some states do, they would be more apartment to support it. on the other hand, you've got the shopping center, big box stores, j see penney's, sears, walmart who hired big lobbying firms to support this. at this point it's something

that may be introduced here on capitol hill this week, yet another bill. one of the things they're concerned about, jon, are small retailers. what about the mom and pop stores advertising online that can't deal with the burden of these 50 different states' sales taxes. one thing that they would do in this bill would be to exempt those stores that earn under half a million dollars a year in sales. >> a lot of revenue at stake. interesting to see how it shakes out. tracie potts, thank you for the support. everybody wants a piece of the pie. it's 6:44 right now. the suspects in the death of a morgan hill teenager go to court today. we'll have a live report coming up. dow industrials lose more than 200 points in theve or conc over co fernsncrom italy. we'll talk about what's goingsz on coming up. ♪arefreghway, let lip aw♪

welcome back everyone. it's 6:46 right now. time to check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> it's pretty cold out there. make sure to grab a jacket on your way out the front door. temperatures near freezing across the board. but we're getting a gorgeous sunrise out there, especially because we have high cirrous clouds moving in. system of low pressure making its way into the bay area, not going to happen. we are seeing high shooting clouds making for a gorgeous sunrise. 33 in fairfield, 33 in santa rose sachlt one degree above freezing. meanwhile we have the 40s in the south bay. sunnyvale dropped off to 39 chilly degrees. here is the system i was telling you about, they're getting showers up through eureka. for us we'll see a few of these clouds slide through over the course of the day, mostly sunny conditions and your temperatures will be warmer. now that high pressure has strengthened just a touch. 68 in redwood city. 67 in san francisco and 70 in

fairfield as we head throughout tomorrow things start to change. coastal storms set up just offshore. this is going to increase our clouds as we head throughout the afternoon hours today keeping things nice and warm. i puchl chd your temperatures up by about three to five degrees from yesterday's highs. thursday pm showers developed at all times like this. we step out of the way for you. stopping the clock at 3:00 a.m. friday morning. you see that red. that is heavy rainfall. we could pick up inches of rain right at the coast and 9:00 a.m. friday looking like a really rough morning commute. you want to keep this in mind, plan on giving yourself ample time to get to work on time on friday. we'll see showery conditions continue late friday into saturday. neeth her bring that much snow to the lake tahoe area. in fact, we set your futurecast for snowfall in place. you can see yosemite will get showers because the system is going to slide to the south. however, lake tahoe, maybe a couple inches, maybe a half a

foot at best. on and off showers on saturday. that will continue into sunday. if you have plans to be outdoors on veterans' day, 11/11/11, a lot of weddings happen, have that umbrella handy. mike and i will be here to watch the ride. make sure you plan on coming in early friday. >> we will be here. we're always here for folks, even online, right? looking over here, getting in line here northbound 101. slow in general from capital expressway, just before you get there, that's the 67. then it jams down to about 50 as you're coming up all the way past highway 87. top of your screen as well. 237 shows the slowing. speeds in the 50s heading towards first. we'll get a look and show you livermore. drive out of the altamont pass. we have the 27 registered around greenville road. we have a 26-minute drive time scheduled here. off the dublin interchange right there, southbound 680 from 580

towards bruin nall, slowing there as well. northbound 88015 minutes from san leandro towards the toll plaza. a lot of company. 6:49 right now. an update on the emotional day for one morgan hill community. suspects involved in a deadly drive-by shooting which took the life of a teenage girl will make a court appearance. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in morgan hill this morning with more including a community meeting taking place tonight with the morgan hill police department. good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. here we are at the morgan hill community and cultural center. this is where people will gather to talk about the death of tara romero. the 14-year-old from morgan hill was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting friday night. three of her teenage friends were hurt. it happened near cosmo and del monte avenue while the four were waiting for a ride home. police say the five suspects are gang members ranging in age from 17 to 23 years old. today all five are scheduled to

be arraigned in santa clara county superior court at 2:00 this afternoon. of course, we will have a crew there and we'll bring you the latest at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. this is morgan hill's first homicide in more than two years. so concerned residents are encouraged to come to knight's community meeting to talk about the death of tara romero. it is from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. laura? >> no doubt that community will come together. thank you very much, marla. 6:51 right now. a san jose man is accused of dressing like a woman and beating his mother with a baseball bat. this is christopher kas see i don't. he was arrested monday. neighbors say they saw castillo walk into his moth ears house. later a neighbor described hearing screams, looking into the window and seeing him standing over his mother with a bat. castillo is charged with attempted murder and he is in

jail this morning. it's 6:51 right now. potential fee increases for students and continued cuts in state funding for public education are fueling an occupy movement on campus at cal. "today in the bay's" christie smith live in berkeley where protest organizers are setting up an encampment to occupy the campus. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, jon. there's an entire day of action planned here at uc berkeley, as you said, students and instructors protesting tuition hikes and cuts. part of that is this movement occupy cal. we're seeing quite a few signs like this one over here written in chalk this morning, much like san francisco and oakland, even though the chancellor sent out a campuswide e-mail saying en campments aren't allowed on campus. discussion, debate and protests are okay. but tents and structures, not okay. we shot video this morning where signs are up this morning laying out the long agenda with picketing and noon rally where

the crowd is expected to swell. up to thousands of people expected. exactly when and where this encampment will spring up is apparently being kept under wraps. organizers are concerned about how uc police might respond. they are calling forl a convergence, though, at the camp at 10:00 tonight. now, one student organizer is saying that they're expecting a lot of support from groups like occupy oakland. activists may be coming here. so this action today may be much larger than they initially expected. reporting live at uc berkeley, i'm christie smith. jon and laura, back to you. >> thanks a lot. 6:53. ed lee leads san francisco's mayoral race this morning. now he hopes to hold on to that lead. lee has 31% of the vote after a first round of voting. candidates need 50% to clinch the election. that means ranked choice voting will kick in as expected. as i mentioned, lee has a

13-point lead over john avalos. election officials think we will have an official winner later this afternoon. we'll keep you posted. the east bay city of newark has a brand new mayor for the first time in 33 years. allan nagy replacing mayor david smith who decided not to run for re-election for the first time since his first election back in 1978. smith currently the state's longest serving mayor and the country's third longest. we have an update to a story rewe talked about yesterday. voters rejecting a major that would have banned most abortions in mississippi. the measure would have declared life beginning at fertilization. some supporters of the measure hoped it would prompt a legal challenge to abortion rights across the country. more than 55% of voters rejected it. pro choice supporters feared if it had passed other states would have tried to approve similar measures. a total of eight republican candidates will debate tonight in michigan, but one is expected to be right at the center of all

the attention. herman cain fighting back against accusations of sexual harassment. he says there's no way he's going to let what he calls false allegations derail his campaign. it's likely to come up, of course, at tonight's debate. other candidates like mitt romney and newt gingrich are also weighing in. cain's camp has accused rick perry of first leaking all the stories. 6:55 right now. investigators will try to figure out what started a fire at the marin county ranch darth vader built the fire started yesterday afternoon at the skywalker ranch. no major damage and no one luckily was jird. the ranch covers more than 6,100 acres and was the original headquarters for movie special effects leader industrial light and magic, about 200 people work at skywalker ranch. elevening more about the death of rapper heavy d, dwight

arrington myers collapsed at his home in los angeles. a representative for the coroner's office tells nbc news that heavy d died of natural causes. tmz quotes a friend of the rapper claiming he had pneumonia. the rapper who billed himself as the overweight lover had several hits including "now that we found love." he was 44 years old. 6:56 right now. the "today" show just minutes away. here is ann curry with a look at what's coming up this morning. >> good morning. coming up on today, a new investigation being launched into the shocking case of child sex abuse at penn state university. as pressure intensifies on fabld head coach joe paterno. will he be forced to he sign? also ahead, herman cain answers new questions about the sexual misconduct allegations plaguing his campaign and vows to stay in the presidential race. while his accusers consider speaking out together.

we'll have details on this story. then we'll lighten things up because matt as you well know has been through africa and spain so far. where will his "where in the world" adventure take him this morning? he'll reveal his secret low kale. plus "twilight's" taylor lautner will be joining us on wednesday morning on "today. breaking news coming into the newsroom right now at 6:57. the ap is reporting that joe paterno will step down some time today. he has been head coach of penn state since 1966. we'll continue to dpol low that. also the markets are open and ability lifts are bracing for a rough day after europe's markets dropped overnight. it was all set off when italy's prime minister sylvia berlusconi resigned he is resigning and won't run for office again. now traders selling italy's bonds set new prices and the yield went above 7%. that means italy can probably not refinance its debt and is more likely to seek bailouts

from other countries. could certainly affect us right here. who is that bailout going to come from? let's bring in business reporter scott mcgrew. >> this is what sets italy apart. its economy is so big, third largest in europe behind france and germany. france and germany might be able to pull out a bailout of greece or portugal, but italy may be way too big now that's paying more than 7% of its debt, it's got this spiral. it can't make enough money to pay down debt which causes its creditors to increase the percentage they demand in interest which means they can't pay down their debt and so on. the dow industrials have fallen 260 points on that news. the nasdaq is down 60. italy's problems could take down bigger countries. that affects us. europe is our biggest trading. partner. at the core of it, european governments took big loans from european banks. european governments are forced to bail out those banks so the banks can continue to dpund european debt. that's one gigantic circle and

it's not going to work. back to you. >> thank you very much, scott. one final check with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. we've got a gorgeous sunrise over the city of san jose. temperatures are chilly this morning. 42 degrees, cold conditions inland. not much warmer at the coast. 47 degrees in places like san francisco. you'll round out the day in the 70s in some cities and close to it elsewhere. all the way from san francisco through your inland cities, upper 60s. 5:00 p.m. commute home, 63 degrees by the bay. mike's got a serious traffic situation. >> christina this looks worse than it is. chopper found this accident in san francisco. a couple of really smashed-up cars. one is overturned on the right-hand side in the bushes. i have not seen an ambulance on scene. so whoever was injured has been taken from the scene. this is off of the end of the mariposa off-ramp from northbound 280. freeway is moving smoothly at mariposa and indiana. looks like there are no active injuries