we'll give you a live look outside. i think we're going to. maybe not. okay. we do have a live look outside. the golden gate bridge. guess what everybody, check your calendar, it's friday the 13th. it's going to be a lucky one "today in the bay." >> good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. it's 5:00 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm jon kelley. time to check back in with meteorologist christina loren to find out about the lovely friday forecast. feel good? >> it's going to feel great. if you want to make outdoor plans this weekend one of the days looking more favorable than the other for outdoor activity. it's cold out there, grab a jacket on the way out the door. something you can take off later. we're headed toward the 70s in many cities. first your drive with mike inouye. >> you know, things are looking pretty nice. on the roadways, lighter volume as you might imagine this time

on a friday. there is oakland 880. 98th avenue overcrossing there, and we did have earlier police activity that ended up around this interchange. the on and off ramps are open. no flashing lights but off of the freeway you might see a little bit of activity. we're tracking that in the newsroom to see if this will affect your day for a period of time. so far it's not affecting traffic. that's good news. >> great news. we'll take it. thank you. it's 5:01. we're following developing news this morning from san francisco where police are investigating an attack on two women including a senior citizen. it happened on 20th avenue last night. bob redell joins us live from san francisco where police say both women are in the hospital with life threatening injuries. serious attack, bob. >> reporter: yes, and they are trying to find out, figure out, why someone would attack a 70-year-old woman in her home, was it robbery or something else. whatever the motive, the results were devastating. that woman and another woman are

both at sf general both in serious condition. we understand that the elderly woman is fighting for her life. the assaults took place last night around 9:20 at this home here behind me on 20th near norry aga. someone assaulted the woman in the home, then another woman showed up at the home, happened to show up to deliver chinese food. apparently unaware of what was going on inside. the attacker turned on her as well. we understand he used a knife with one woman, a hammer on the other. the lady delivering the food was able to make it back to the restaurant which is around the corner where her employees called 911. as i mentioned both women at sf general very serious condition, the elderly woman's skn life threatening. the attacker did get away. no arrests so far. >> bob, thank you. it's 5:02. oakland police need your help. searching for the man who fatally shot an east bay father

in front of his son. jose was shot in august of last year while leaving a market in east oakland. police released new sketches of the men they think were involved. the suspected shooter, a black man between the ages of 17 and 20 years old, about 5'10" with a dark complexion and dread locks. his accomplice is also a black man, between 17 and 20 years old with short hair. >> domestic abuse charges could be filed today against san francisco's newest sheriff, ross mirkarimi. the d.a. is looking at the case and will decide today or early next week whether to file charges. domestic violence advocates are demanding that the sheriff resign. they say the city should not have elected law enforcement official who is under a criminal investigation. mirkarimi is accused of grabbing his wife's arm, causing a bruise. his wife says it is a family matter taken out of context. >> crews now trying to figure

out the cause of a big time explosion in mountain view. this one was a huge blaze. the flames were as high at one point to be seen all the way from the 101. damian trujillo is live at the scene. he has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. this is baffling pg&e crews behind me. here is the main concern, it's the second tower on your right. someone heard an explosion or a pop on the tower and you can still see the cables hanging over some of these trees here over the stevens creek trail. this is causing concern for pg&e. this is near the microsoft campus north of moffett field. drivers reported seeing a bright glow coming from the area. at this point pg&e is trying to determine if it was a transformer that blew. the explosion caused a minor vegetation fire around the trail. that was put out immediately. 372 customers remained without

pow power. power was restored after midnight. these are not your residential power lines, these are the big high voltage transmission lines. they created quite a headache for the utility. part of stevens creek trail are also closed because there are still some of those downed power lines, and crews can't say when things will be back to normal. they say they are waiting for heavy equipment to arrive here at the scene so they are waiting for that before they can remove some of these power lines and fix this problem. live in mountain view. damian trujillo, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, damian. it's 5:05. a national chain issuing a recall and warning after some very disturbing test findings. bed bath & beyond says the metal in one of its tissue holders is contaminated with low levels of radioactivity. it was first detected on a truck headed for stores in santa clara and san jose. bed bath & beyond says about 220

boxes have now tested positive. the holder was sent to 200 stores since july. if you have one you can return it to the store for a full refund. the nuclear regulators commission says there is no risk to your held but it's better to avoid unnecessary radiation. >> it's 5:06. two soldiers injured in afghanistan will be receiving the purple heart tomorrow at palo alta v.a., jeffrey cueto was injured back in november and samisi suffered a brain injury in a rocket attack. both men being treated at the v.a.'s rehab center. >> for the class of 2012 getting into uv going to be harder. the system says applications from in-state high school applicants are up almost 10%. applications from non-coloradoans are up 56

percent. they plan to enroll more students and admit more non-californians. they pay more a year in tuition and fees. >> no question, california's high speed rail plan has seen a lot of criticism over the past few months. now the man charged with leading the project is jumping ship. the the ceo of the high speed rail authority says she leaving for personal reasons. the announcement coming at a time when the project has faced severe criticism from lawmakers and the general public. the rail authority recently doubled the estimated cost of the project to $100 billion over 20 years. >> pay cash and you could pay more. that kubld new policy looked at by cal train. the agency is talking about increasing one-way cash fares, 25%. if someone takes cal train from zone 1 to san jose's zone 6 it can cost $1.25 more.

card users will not see the increase. the agency will hold a public hearing before making a final decision. >> 5:07ment it appears a friday the 13th bringing nothing but good vibration as far as the weather goes. christina loren is here to show us. >> the sun is going to be shining down on us. good news, we're in the moderate air quality range across the board. it's not a spare the air day. so, things are looking pretty good in the air quality department. we'll see another gorgeous bay area stunner. hazy sunshine. by this weekend clouds increase and temps tumble on sunday. outdoor plans this weekend much better for saturday. you can hit the beach. by next tweak pattern changes and the rain moves in so. get ready for. that i love being the bearer of good news. a great looking forecast. we'll take you to your hour by hour forecast. hayward, 40 degrees. milder, up to 59. by noon today making this the warmest of the week, at 65 at

noon in san jose. 65 santa rosa. plenty of 70s. take a look at these numbers. unseasonably warm and we're not going to be spoiled. like i said after saturday things change so enjoy it while it lasts. 70 in concord, 73 in gilroy. i'll tell you when we get our first significant snowfall in the sierra nevada, and how much rain we're expecting next week. it is looking good. major changes ahead. first let's check your drive at 5:09. >> we'll take you to the maze. we're looking at a nice flow of traffic. these green chiclets indicating no problem to the approach to the bay bridge. live look at oakland 880, an earlier look i talked about police actixt we did check and the latest is all activity has cleared from the roadway, 98, the on and off ramps as well as 880, nothing going on. it sounds like there was nothing as far as police activity unless you're the one the police are talking to. highway 4, a smooth drive.

highway 4 not showing slowing. about a half hour from now we should see the westbound chiclets turning green to orange. 580 with no problems. no numbers now, the average should be 14 and it's out of the altamont pass. smooth to the dublin interchange. >> we have good news, the bison at golden gate park are back together after being quarantined for six weeks. the baby bison have joined the main herd. the six were introduced yesterday, they were -- there were seven juveniles shipped but one died after being chased by a dog that managed to get into the paddock. >> occupy oakland is blamed for uprooting a popular event. the running festival says it's relocating because of problems with occupy campers at the plaza. until this year the event started and ended at the plaza. organizers say to keep runners happy they moved the start of the race to snow park.

it will end at lake merritt. 7300 runners participated last year, pumping about with $3 million into the city economy. >> we can tell that you registration is open now for the 101st running of the bay to breakers race to be held may 15. organizers say only about 50,000 people will be allowed to participate so you should sign up early or you may miss out. the bay to breakers will be a dry race, meaning there is a zero tolerance policy when it comes to alcohol and floats. >> 5:11. another airline is hiking some fees. we're going to tell you about it coming up in a live report. >> the latest developments in the san bruno investigation. >> and the a's move to san jose now backtracked. we'll haveud b ios ser bud selihaayg ss toom. cupg in "oh, it's flo." "and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you."

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>> welcome back. a good friday morning to you. folks coming and going near sfo. we're going to check the forecast and the changes in store. 5:14 now. >> the golden globes in hollywood means a lot of things. stars, swank and all of that swag. we're talking about the gift bag for celebrities and presenters at the big show. now they have been revealed. kind of like christmas in january. among the items, diamonds, precious stones from lebanon, designer glasses, beauty products. seems that the stars are the big time benefactors. organizers say, get this, other people benefit as well. >> because we we are there we supported them, they didn't have the budgets for pr, just did events with us which are less expensive for them. >> you have someone, a celebrity or a star that looks at it,

endorses it, it's invaluable. >> when you add it up the star could walk away with as much as $50,000 in merchandise. kind of like the bags nbc gave us. we have a special section on the golden globes. you can watch that entire thing here on nbc bay area starting with the red carpet. they do the arrivals at 4:00. >> it's always neat to see what sasha vujacic wearing. >> change in the works. what do we have? >> today is going to be beautiful and as you see everybody make their way down that red carpet they are going to have gorgeous weather. a lot of strapless items and no sleeves as well. today we're looking good. you can go with the short sleeves and the shorts later on today. we're in the heart of winter. although it doesn't feel like winter just yet, it certainly will as we head into next week. you can see nice and clear, clear conditions. places like fairfield in the

20s. overall temperatures are running about 3 to 4 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. as a result of that i'm bumping your numbers up 3 or 4 degrees throughout this afternoon. for the greater bay area we're talking about the mid to upper 60s inland. at the coast, the low to mid-60s with hazy sunshine. it's going to be gorgeous, clear conditions. we only get two more days of beautiful weather. santa rosa, you'll hit 70. you can hit the beach in santa cruz, 67. los gatos and 73 degrees today in gilroy. you can see, some of our cities like oakland are going to be also on the warm side. these are near records again. we get one more day of stellar sunshine, that's tomorrow, then things start to change. you can see that from my seven-day forecast. temperatures tumble. look at the the drop between saturday and sunday from 67 to 59 degrees, that's when our skies start to turn gray. the clouds roll in, we're dealing with fog, and then the rain showers arrive. it looks like late tsdaynto

wednesday our first round. that will impact the northern end of the bay area. by thursday we're talking about measurable rain, maybe a quarter to a half inch across the bay area. this system is looking juicy. that's great for the sierra nevada. right now let's talk to mike. is it friday light? >> certainly friday the 13th as far as my sensors and computers go but we're able to sort it out. looks like a lighter volume for a friday. we're looking at this disabled truck that was partly blocking the on ramp to southbound 17. that should be cleared in the next couple of minutes. leaving the house now you should be fine. at the the top of the screen, as you approach 880 on 237 eastbound heading out of milpitas toward the interchange we have construction crews. that has resulted in some slows over the last ten minutes. crews should be clearing from the interchange. we expect that new express lane to open, probably by the end of

the mot month. northbound 101. one lane was blocked. that should be cleared but i'll leave this in for the next few minutes. a smooth drive fast dumbarton bridge, crossing the water, easy drive at westbound with his taillights. no problems for visibility. you can see the high rise and the golden gate bridge similar situation but no high rise. back to you. >> thank you, mike. investors will try to extend their win streak on wall street. for details and the rest of the news before the bell we turn to bertha coombs. good morning. >> good morning. we've got the futures now kind of flat, yesterday we did start to the down side and ended on an up note. we started down after jobless claims were more than expected and retail sales rose less than expected. this morning in about 10 minutes or so we'll get data on the trade deficit, import prices and consumer sentiment.

jpmorgan, disappointing, not as strong as some on wall street were expecting. the dow ended up though, 21 points to 12471. looking at a 1% gain, the second straight week of gains. the nasdaq up 13 to 2724, looking at a 2% gain for the week. if you are curious, wall street doesn't suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia, the fear of friday the 13th. stocks are higher and close higher. video games well 21%. consumers bought fewer games. while not surprising the tally was disappointing especially since we had a big debut with call of duty modern 3 warfare. consoles are long in the tooth. the x box 360 turns seven and the play station 3 and the wii.

delta prices were up. they raised by $20. and that price hike was matched on thursday by american, united, continental, u.s. airways and southwest. don't imagine it will hurt the folk goesing to the golden globes. i bet a lot of them don't fly commercial. >> probably don't pay for it either. >> 5:20. the california public utilities commission one step closer to fining pg&e for that deadly san bruno pipe line explosion. the commission approving a scathing report that says that pg&e broke several state and federal safety laws leading up to the disaster that killed eight people. a record blaming the corporate culture, seeing the company value profits over safety. it accuses pg&e of collecting more than a half billion from rate payers for system repairs

that were never made. approval of the report begin as process that could result in a massive new set of penalties for the utility. >> pg&e's president chris johns responded saying we are taking responsible or taking their findings seriously and we are committed to raising the level of pipeline safety to new higher standards. >> it is 5:21 now. there could soon be action on the a's request to move to san jose. bud selig says the issue is now on the front burner. selig confirmed he has received a report from the blue ribbon panel set up to investigate the move. he told a news columnist that things will start moving forward quickly. >> and quickly is always such a relative term. it's 5:21. coming up the new report that looks at how dangerous internet addiction can be. >> targeting energy vam ires, the new rules that could determine what is plugged in.

>> apple stops selling the iphone 4 in china. we'll look at why.

>> are you addicted? turns out addiction to the internet may be just as bad as addiction to drugs or alcohol. a new study finds teens with internet addiction disorder have trouble with emotional processing and decision making and their attention. researchers say it's the same thing that happens to alcohol and cocaine addicts. as many as one in ten internet addicts skip eating because they say they cannot get off the computer. >> those people hooked on computers are hooked on juice as well. california stepping up energy

standards this time for home electronics. the california energy commission targeting the so called household vampires that suck electricity even when you're not using them. starting in february next year they will require cell phones and other portable electronics to have batteries stop charging when they are full. this could save more than $300 million on electric bills. sounds good. >> another website plans to go dark next week 18 protest against that controversial law making its way through the house called sopa. scott, no cute cats. >> i know we have a commercial that makes fun of people who like cute cat pictures. cute cat pictures big business. the biggest is the website called i can has cheeseburger. the owner says he will turn off

the cute cat site for one day next week to protest sopa, that's the law that the house of representatives is considering that would allow the american government to deny you access to websites accused of piracy even if the accusations are not proven in court. that site joins one call that said it would go offline. can the world survive without cat pictures for a day? probably. but wikipedia has talked about joining the backlash. in a related story the senator who introduce add sa law says hs needs more study. as the hometown gadget there the iphone was supposed to go on sale and then didn't after crowds became unruly. then things got worse. you saw eggs thrown at the apple store in beijing. apple decided to suspend sales

after it ran out of iphones and the crowds responded angrily. target which started selling eggs will also open a special apple section in some stores. much like best buy has a special apple area. target trying to boost sales of electron electronics. target has not said which stores. back to the china story. who brings an egg to an iphone line? >> it's like let's make a deal. never know. that is crazy though. >> 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay" what happened in the locker room after a devastating fiesta bowl loss? >> you made to the friday. we have a really good looking first part of the weekend. things start to change. i've got the big game forecast coming up. >> a lot of us thinking about the game. we also have to get to the office. we'll show you what's going on with your commute as things are tistar

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>> reporter: why would someone brutally attack a 70-year-old lady and another woman as well? sending them both to the hospital in very serious condition. that's what san francisco police are trying to find out. i'm bob redell. that story coming up. >> also, the bay area teacher accused of having sex with a student gets ready to go to court. >> and bracing for layoffs. the bay area city that says it will send out hundreds of pink slips. >> a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. not bad traffic for a friday, a friday the 13th. this is "today in the bay." >> late halloween. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. it is friday. 5:30 now.

laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. we check with meteorologist christina loren and a scary date but sounds like a very fruitful forecast. >> pleasant quite the contrary when it comes to our weather forecast today. but it's a very short-lived forecast. we are going to get spoiled for another couple days, this morning it's cold, 35 in concord, 29 in fafield. we're headed to the 70s. i'm going to tell you where we might be breaking records and when that rain arrives at your doorstep. we're timing it out for you. first i want to check your drive with mike inouye. >> we'll take you for a live look out to oakland. our popular camera, showing a nice flow of traffic. northbound with the taillights through downtown oakland. the overnight construction not playing a big part in the commute. we might see a lighter volume because a lot of schools are off monday. some parents taking off for the weekend. >> needing that break already. it's 5:31 now.

>> it is. would you like me to do this one? i shall. two women now in the hospital in san francisco with life threatening injuries after what was just a brutal attack last night. it all happened on 20th avenue in the golden gate heights neighborhood. bob redell is now live in san francisco. he is there with the latest. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, jon, whoever did this was merciless, using a hammer and possibly a knife as well to attack both of those women. as you mentioned they are both in the hospital with at least one with life threatening injuries, the attack around 9:20 last night. in the home here on 20th. the 70-year-old woman was one of those who was brutally assaulted. some time during the attack another woman happened to show up to deliver chinese food. apparently unaware of what was going on. the attacker then started assaulting her as well. she was badly hurt but able to run to her restaurant where her colleagues called 911.

both women at sf general. we believe it's the elderly woman fighting for her life. police are looking for the attacker, no indication on what the motive was behind this attack. jon, laura. >> amazing. thank you. it's 5:33. 40-year-old livermore teacher accused of having sex with a student is set to make her first court appearance. police say marie johnson had a 6-month long relationship with a 14-year-old boy. johnson is facing 24 counts of sexual assault. it started with text messages, facebook communication and the game words with friends. johnson is on administrative leave. also in court, san jose teacher accused of assaulting a student at o.b. whaley elementary school. 35-year-old craig chandler worked at the school for nine years. chandler is on leave. san jose police are trying to

track down other potential victims. the man accused in a string of sexual assaults in san francisco returns to court. the judge is expected to appoint a lawyer. he faces several charges of sexual assault and attempted murder. he is accused of attacking three women from june to december of last year. >> city workers in oakland bracing for 1500 new layoff notices all set to go out next week. however, fewer than 200 employees are actually expected to lose their job. the city does want to make sure that everybody is prepared for the worst. the layoffs prompted by the loss of $30 million in redevelopment money. >> it's a paradigm shift for the state of california. we have been ordered to dissolve redevelopment. and many other local governments and other cities are dealing with the same issue in their own way. >> those notices will go to employees in just about every city department except for police and fire departments.

>> oakland dealing with its budget issues through furlough days, city offices will be closed today and monday to try to save money. police, fire and emergency services will not be affected by this. monday's closure the result of a holiday, martin luther king jr. day. >> it's 5:35. tomorrow is the day 49ers fans and staff gearing up for the playoff game at candlestick park. a lot of work has gone into the event. marla tellez joins us live where security is expected to be pretty high. good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. we're 27 hours away until the gates open up. and as the electric sign says behind me here, fans can expect enhanced security screening and the niners fan code conduct will be enforced. it was a rough start for the 49ers organization after violent incidents, the most serious

during a preseason game when two men were shot, another found beaten in a stadium bathroom. security has been heightened, tailgating rules tightened since that saturday game against the raiders. fans we talked to aren't too worried. they are just excited. >> going to be rooting on the team hoping we win. >> you think the 9er fans and the saints fans are going to mind their ps and qs? >> we know a lot of people don't, but i think they will. >> reporter: even though it is a day game power is still important of course and pg&e says they have fixed the faulty line that caused that outage last month and the utility says it is absolutely confident the power will stay on tomorrow. reminder, tailgaters can arrive at 8:30 clock tomorrow morning. the stadium gates at 11:30. believe it or not, i found

tickets are still available online. the the cheapest are going for $130. live in san francisco, marla tellez. >> who's your friend, marla? >> reporter: i didn't buy any. i did research. >> thanks, marla. >> have to pick some up. the 49ers stomping on the saints tomorrow, looks like good weather. >> you're right, mr. kelly. we're going to see gorgeous weather, plentiful sunshine as our niners take on the saints, 59 degrees, bring your sunglasses. we're going to warm up to about 63 degrees. it's going to be really comfortable at the stick. you need sunglasses, though. sunshine coming through. things change as we head through sunday. it's a good thing that the game falls on saturday. your forecast for this morning, we're looking cold. 40 degrees in hayward. 34 in livermore, 40 in san jose. throughout the noon hour, take a look at where temperatures are headed. up to 67 degrees in gilroy, 61

in santa cruz. your forecasted high is 70 degrees so you can hit the beach. maybe taking the day off of work. well, do so because things change next week. we're not going to get the beach days, we're getting a much different pattern. a frosty start making the way to mid-60s, then a couple of 70s in the warmest cities across the bay. 73 in fairfield and 63 degrees in san francisco. things change next week. we've got a lot of rain on the way. this isn't looking like a weak system. it's looking good for sierra snow. we'll talk about that in the full forecast. let's check your drive. you don't want problems on a friday. mike's going to help. >> an earlier issue in the south bay has shifted location, actually. this may be more of an issue now. this is camden avenue. we have the issue at the on ramp to southbound 17. that cleared from the on ramp but it has not from the area.

camden avenue has the disabled wig rig so that will affect surface street. if you're getting off the freeway watch that intersection. you turn to watch for traffic you have to watch for lane blocked. there should be local p.d. at the scene and should have flares and flashing lights. highway 17 is not a problem, a footh easy drive. we'll get a live look across the waters, the san mateo bridge moves nicely no. problems from the peninsula, back to you. >> mike, thank you. ever had one of those days where nothing goes right? that's what happened to stanford's kicker at the fiesta bowl. jordan williamson missed two field goals that would have won the cardinal the title but his bad day got better. you would not have known in the locker room he blew the game. williamson was crying in the corner members of his team

apparently gathered, got around him and decided to shield him from the media so he didn't have to talk about what went wrong on the field. that's what team unity is about. lucky for him it didn't happen in europe. in europe they come out hunting for you. yeah. fans there, not so fear giving. >> 5:40. the gop presidential candidates back off their romney bashing. we'll tell you why coming up in a live report. >> could this man be entering the presidential race in south carolina? his move to try to make it happen. >> an east bay campus on edge souarnt.dengsin lion ispopoedtu [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry

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>> welcome back everyone. the gop presidential candidates right now dialing down their romney rhetoric, the attacks on mitt romney's record do not appear to help win over voters.

brian mooar is live in washington with a look at what the candidates are going to do now. good morning. >> good morning. effective or not the romney camp called the attacks on mitt romney and his business record desperate. mitt romney was in the cross-fire and between newt gingrich and rick perry who were each trying to attack his business credentials, but it was clear to the republican establishment that it wasn't helping the opponent, it certainly wasn't helping romney who looks like he's on track to become the nominee. so they asked them to dial them back. each candidate, perry, gingrich, unrepentant, not apologizing for what they did, but now they have to look forward another winning message. that with eight days before the south carolina primary. mitt romney hearsay his own set of problems, trying to convince conservatives in that very conservative state he is in fact

conservative enough. jon huntsman still hunting for votes. ron paul the wild card is unclear what he could do at this point. and then there's rick santorum who failed to capitalize on his big second place finish in iowa, he did okay in new hampshire. but he's failing to catch fire in the palmetto state. jon. >> thank you, brian. >> many of the candidates having trouble getting on the ballot in some states. a hearing will be held this morning on how virginia conducts its primary. right now only virginia residents can circulate petitions to get candidates on the ballot. if the candidate does not have virginians willing to circulate they cannot be included. one judge said tuesday it is probably unconstitutional. >> new report finds candidates having trouble getting on the ballot in other states as well. rick santorum, jon huntsman, failed to qualify. in some cases failed to come up with a full slate of delegates.

>> steven colbert knows about laughs but what about votes. at this point not running for president but taking steps in that direction. >> folks, i tried to run for president of south carolina in 2008 and folks, i got hurt. i don't know if i can put myself through that again. thank you. clearly it's a tough decision. i would not want to be in my shoes. but i am. and folks, they are incredibly expensive. >> that's what you call playing through the pain. his feet probably hurt with those on. right after that colbert called on his friend and fellow comedian john stewart. he transferred his rights to his super political action committee 0 ver to stewart, transferring

the rights now clearing the way for colbert to run as a candidate in his home state of south carolina. good luck. >> never put some things past those guys. >> the elf shoes can't hurt. >> scott mcgrew rocks the same pair. >> i want to get a look at the forecast. a lot of folks excited it's friday. >> you know, speaking of which we are part of that crowd. we're looking good for a beautiful first part of the weekend. i want to thank you for waking up with us. 34 in livermore, 29 in gilroy and 40 in san jose. it's a cold start. we're going to see a gorgeous afternoon again. spoiled by this unseasonably warm weather. you can burn your fire wood without having to worry about the air quality police coming after you. clouds increase, temperatures are going to tumble. by next week that pattern changes. we've got rain on the way, that's the biggest question

posed on facebook. when do we get the rain, the sierra snow. looks like that's going to change as we head through the midsection and the late section of next week. the big difference is this ridge of high pressure is going to break down. that's pushing all of our cloud cover out to sea. this guy heads to the east, breaks down allowing for rain to come to the bay area. temperatures are going to be much cooler starting sunday they tumble. in san jose, 63, san francisco and 67 degrees in los gatos. and i will be posting updates on the storm on my facebook page so check ahead. through the seven-day, 70 degrees today, by tomorrow we'll drop off, 59 on sunday. look at the difference between saturday and sunday. not only are we going to b cooler, we are going to be much cloudier, back to normal when it comes to the typical bay area january pattern. then the rain arrives tuesday into wednesday. everybody gets a good chance for rain on thursday.

i think we'll see maybe a quarter to a half inch of rain over the greater bay area. we need that rain and we're looking good for that. right now let's get you to work on time with our mike inouye. >> good morning. i want to point out a few things. bear with me. we have very, very mild slowing through antioch. that's great. the commute direction looks light for this friday but we have an accident westbound around willow pass east. there is an accident in the westbound direction. sounds like all activity is to the shoulder. we have reports after wrong way driver for highway 4. may be two cars. just a report now but we're watching that. of course watch this area between pittsburgh and bay point. if you are traveling westbound be very sure you know what's going on. nothing else reported now. we'll track that and a smooth drive for the rest of the area.

a light volume holding up at the toll plaza, a live look will show you that. starting to pick up a bit but no problems off of the east shore freeway. obviously no metering lights and the span in both directions move slowly. reminder that camden avenue has that disabled rig. the freeways are clear. >> thank you. it's 5:49. a woman who claims she survived a sexual assault by joseph nasois scheduled to testify at the preliminary hearing of the accused serial killer. he is accused of killing four women between 1997 and 1994. yesterday prosecutors introduced evidence of possible new victims. investigators testified that photos of two unidentified women who appeared dead were found in his deposit box. also there the articles of a woman who disappeared on the way to a concert in san francisco. >> of course, mike inouye happy

to report highway 85 is now running smoothly this morning after being closed most of yesterday. it all started with a bank robbery at a bank of america on snow avenue around 1130. one of the suspects walked right in the bank and threatened the teller with some type of device. he took cash, jumped into a blue honda. the car crashed into a minivan near the highway 85 and 87 interchange. one of the men who saw the accident happened to be an off duty security guard. he says when he saw one of the two men trying to run away instincts kicked in. >> i felt a general adrenalin rush. i thought i have to do something. put him in an arm bar. at that point i called 911. told the police what was going on, i had a suspect in custody. a second fled. >> nice work. police sent the bomb squad in just in case the device that the

robber had was real. they detonated the potential explosive there. the other was caught at gunderson high school. >> 5:50 now. constitutionally in big -- prompting posted warnings. one of the big cats was spotted tuesday night next to the university family housing where dozens of kids live and play. parents say too close for comfort. >> the dumpster is over there. i imagine they are going to look for it. generally we used to feel they are so scared off by us. it gets quiet at night. >> the sightings follow another on lawrence road last month. they say additional sightings along with several carcasses point to mountain lion activity. officers are reminding people to not walk alone in the hills and keep an eye on kids and pets. if you see a mountain lion, you

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students a positive outlet for expression. the concert will be the first in the series. it starts at 5:30. >> in case you haven't checked your calendar it is friday the 13th. while that may scare those superstitious people out there, the winchester mystery house in san jose is looking forward to it. today the house's bell tower will toll 13 times at 1300 hours, that's military time for 1:00 in the afternoon. the bell ceremony is in honor of sarah winchester who had this obsession with the number 13. there are 13 bathrooms in the house, and 13 steps on the stairs. starting at 6:00 tonight the mystery house will offer flashlight tours for what they call an extra eerie experience. >> hey, we're lucky today. you know why, it's gadget friday. scott has a gadget straight from ces. >> this was introduced hours ago.

this is something that sticks on the top of your television and sends skype over the internet. we have a live internet picture coming to you now. we're going to show it to you now. this is the sort of thing. there is gina and christina, and this will all be in hd though i got to admit our internet here in the studio is a little slow for pure hd. now we can take christina's real hd camera and if you would show it to us very price is right-ish. it's $250, comes from menlo park. you can do picture in picture so you can -- go back. you can view picture in picture. if you wanted to talk to grandma or check the forecast you could see the person and watch television at the same time. they don't even need to know that. so 250 bucks out of menlo park.

>> you know what's fun, all of the pictures, seeing that. >> well done. multitalented. i'm more impressed every day. still to come on "today in the bay," president obama talking about shrinking the federal government. we'll tell you how. >> plus, a brush fire sparked across the street from microsoft's office in mountain view. details in a live report. >> we are going to transition from spring-like winter to winter-like winter. i meant to say weather. i'm caught off guard by all of that price is right action. things change big time next week. i'll tell you when the rain arrives. >> the weather is right, traffic we'll let you know. i've got my eyes on the big rig. a popular freeway overp.essi, c look! here she comes!

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