new resident for moving its headquarters here. i'm bob redell. that story coming up. >> we'll give you a live look outside, that is the san francisco shot of the embarcadero there. yes, and i use this next phrase with gratitude. it's friday eve, february 2nd, "today in the bay." >> good friday eve to you. thanks for joining us. it's 6:00. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm jon kelley. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren to find out about how nice this weather will be on friday, thursday, whatever you call it. a good one. >> a good one all the way into the weekend if you like the warmth, if you like the sunshine. that's what we've got for you. and you want the rain, we've got that as well as a storm is brewing in the gulf of alaska.

first taking a live look over the bay area. you can see the shake to the camera, offshore winds clearing skies but keeping it rather cold because it's clear out there. so make sure you grab that jacket. let's of sunshine for the second half of the day. we'll track that rain coming up. let's track your drive with mike. >> we have traffic starting to build. look at san jose, 280 approaching, coming under the crossing, that's the 880/17 overcrossing. no major slowing yet. a wider look coming up. traveling through oakland, smooth here as well. same story, speeds in the 50s, the 60s. so far it's just starting. >> exactly. thank you. this morning we could be closer to knowing what happened to a hayward child who disappeared over two decades ago. a death row murderer says he knows what happened to michaela

garecht. christie smith joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. michaela garecht's mom is hopeful that her daughter is out there and might come home safe and sound one day. so this news is not comforting at all that a convicted killer on death row, wrote a letter to a newspaper claiming that his partner in crime, loren herzog, may be responsible for kidnapping michaela garecht in 1988. herzog recently committed suicide. wesley shermantine said he would lead investigators to a number of bodies in san joaquin county and he said also that he believed that herzog looked like the suspect sketch in michaela's case. her mom said over the years that many people have come forward with big claims. >> right. this is not the first time that we had somebody in jail say they knew where she was buried for

that matter. we had somebody else a few years ago in indiana who said he knew where she was buried. >> reporter: hayward police say in their opinion this has never been a cold case. they have looked for michaela since she was snatched and shoved in a car. investigators are looking into the case and then hayward police say after they are done they will try and conduct their own jailhouse interview. jon and laura, back to you. >> thank you. a san francisco prep school will be closed the rest of the week because of a massive outbreak after stomach virus. st. ignatious closed after 50 students called in sick and 90 sent home. the the outbreak has sickened about 325 students and 30 teachers. the school has undergone a cleaning and the department of public health says it's okay to

open. the administration, they want to give students and staff time to get well before class on monday. >> a mother accused of tossing her child from the second story window is do in court. a judge will set bail for 24-year-old cortez. police say she barricaded herself and her son. when police arrived she allegedly dropped the boy out of a window before jumping. the toddler suffered minor injuries. >> it is 6:04. an oakland man hospitalized after a trench collapsed on top of him. we had a look at the scene last night. uncovering the man's head and arms so he could breathe as they spent three hours digging him out. firefighters say he was fixing a sewer line at the home when the trench collapsed and fell on top

of him. cal osha will look into whether he was working privately. >> walnut creek will have a private business meeting to talk about the violence downtown. the city wants more control of the bars and restaurants in the wake of late night violence. last weekend police arrested nine people after a series of brawls early sunday. the patrols starting tonight. >> facebook filed after the bell so we're getting new information about how the company works. scott is in the newsroom, he has all of the latest and is inside. >> good morning. i don't know how far you got to page 600 but this is a blueprint. this document the most super secret in the world now any one can receipt read it. among the things we learned.

accounts for 12% of facebook's revenue and the deal ends a couple years from now. another interesting fact, facebook generates less money than thought but it's a ton, 3.5 billion a year. a billion is profit. you know what's cooler than billion dollars, a billion in clear profit. and there is a warning, facebook was not originally created to be a company. it was built to accomplish a social mission to make the world more open and connecteded and we think it's important that everyone who invests understand what is this means to us. the google guys wrote something similar. essentially warning this is as a calling not to make money. facebook wants to expand its headquarters. it has to neat city's demand. bob joins us.

going to have more soon. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, scott. that money you're referring to, improvements to the neighborhoods around the new headquarters here. the social networking giant wants to expand adding more than 7,000 employees to this campus and another nearby but they need permission from the city of menlo park because adding that many will impact traffic. in return the city says it's allowed to help out their neighbors. if you're not familiar with the headquarters in an area called bell haven. the council thinking about about ask i aski asking for help to build walkways and perhaps most important of all asking the company to offer assurances that local residents wouldn't be displaced as facebook employees

gobble up properties. the council met to come wake-up a list of suggestions, they will formalize this, present it at the next meeting after this blitz has been agreed on the. i'll reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> time to check that forecast with meteorologist christina loren. how are we looking? >> we are looking so good for today. if you want clear skies, if you want to get out without having to duck in from the showers we'll stay high and dry through this weekend. big ridge of high pressure keeping us unseasonably warm and then we're talking about rain at the end of my -- grab that jacket. it's colder out there. and the verdict is in everybody. phil's forecast, straight out of gobbler's nob. he saw his shadow, so according

to folklore we're going to see six more weeks of winter. hey, we haven't seen much winter at all so i'm not buying into it. we're looking pretty good throughout the day today. staying spring-like again. 59 degrees at noon, 60 degrees if you're waking up with us, as you break for lunch, a great day for outdoor lunch. you make your way home from work, so much closer to friday. about 64 degrees. i'll take to you the seven-day forecast. if we head into your weekend and the rain, it's on the way. i'll let you know when as well. >> we have traffic on its way on 4 but we're seeing it in antioch, that's a good thing. unless you're in antioch. a slow drive from about hill crest all the way past somersville and we have that typical slowing speeds in the 20s where you see the red.

60 miles per hour then in pittsburgh looking nice. 680, 24 and 24 to the caldecott close to the limit. no delays to the maze. through the main routes and spooth drive. the cash lanes are starting to back up. you travel across the bay bridge it's fine. across the san mateo bridge smooth. 101, 92, that interchange moves to the limit, but we'll see that thorough start. we'll end with this, 101 into san francisco where it splits to the lower deck. beautiful shot of hospital curve. back to you. >> thank you. it's 6:10. coming up on "today in the bay," 200 are saved but at least 100 people missing after a ferry sinks. find out what rescuers are doing now. >> a list of developments in a soccer brawl that killed more than 70 people in equip.

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>> welcome back. this has become a brutal theme. the future of soccer in egypt uncertain after one of the deadliest outbreaks in sports violence ever seen. marla tellez joins us live from the newsroom with all of the newest information. good morning. >> good morning. egypt's prime minister announced he has dissolved the egyptian soccer federation's board and all games have been suspended across the country while officials investigate the deadly violence. cnn reports 79 are now confirmed dead while almost 250 people are

recovering from injuries today. it all happened after one of egypt's popular teams was unexpectedly defeated by the underdog home team. scores of angry fans swarmed the field and the officials say dozens of fans were stabbed to death, others crushed, and suffocated. many locals are blaming the police and military for not stepping in. it's the worst violent to hit since last year's fall of the former president. this morning officials toured the stadium that is trashed and in complete shambles. close to 50 people have been arrested. the chaos does continue. hundreds of people upset by the riot have gathered in protest of the new military rule. to be clear it hasn't even been one year since mubarak was ousted. he was taken down on february 11. >> thank you very much for the update on that. >> let's get a look at the forecast.

what are the conditions right now? checking in with meteorologist christina loren. >> it's a little crisp out there, on the cool side. good morning to you. much cooler than we have been because of that clear sky. every day this week so far waking up with a full deck of clouds. not the case this morning. temperatures are colder but with all of the sunshine off the bat we will see much warmer conditions than yesterday. this will be the warmest of the week so far. cold enough for the jacket. when it comes to clouds let's take through futurecast. 6:00 a.m. you can see not a lot. we're not going to see any clouds until late tomorrow night. a few high clouds move in. offshore flow is fully in control right now so that's going to push that cloud cover back out in the pacific. if you want to hit the beach you're going to get a lot of sunshine at the coast. as we head throughout the next 48 hours high pressure stays in control. you can see that rotation, up and around the ridge.

you can see it amplifying too. the storm track further to the north. it works out like this. we're going to see a comfortable day. you'll notice that wind picking up through the second half of the day. friday staying on the breezy side. and the warm-up continues. here we go. talk about temperatures for today in your city. 68 in morgan hill. 65 in san jose. and 64 degrees in pittsburg. 61 for san rafael, mild 64 for santa rosa. we head through the weekend, monday and tuesday things start to change. tuesday looks like a really good chance for rain over the greater bay area, possibly a quarter of an inch. we have a significant storm system on the way. i blew believe it will impact us. enjoy the sunshine while it lasts. >> highway 87, guadeloupe parkway heads up we're looking

at good slowing and it's popped up. i told you about the reports of a fire on the side of the road earlier this morning. that seems to be what's going on. we have slowing, reports that a fire crew is blocking a lane. we may have lanes clearing. keep that in mind for 87 between capital and curtner, then what was reported as the small fire. we'll track that. the rest of the south bay, a live look 280, the prafl building up. we're looking at it under the 880/17 interchange. we have good spacing so no major slowing yet. we'll get back to the maps and show you down in the lower bay shore. 101 mooth and likewise through the city no delays. san mateo. we'll look at golden gate bridge and end with a shot into the

to toll plaza. >> the search is on for as many as 150 people missing from a sunken ferry boat. about 50 miles off the shore of papua new guinea. we have file video. rescuers did manage to pull 200 people from the water. >> nato leaders meeting to talk about strategy in afghanistan. yesterday u.s. defense secretary leon pa neta said he hopes to move troops from combat to training roles. >> mitt romney is on the campaign trail. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, if it needs repair i'll

fix it. i'm not concerned about the very brich, they are doing mine. >> the obama campaign pounced on the first part. romney says it's taken out of context. >> let me shock governor romney. the founding fathers meant the very poor who they called americans. >> everything is always scrutinized. >> a source from gingrich's campaign said trump will make that announcement during a stop in las vegas. rick santorum says that trump cares about jobs, he is endorsing the wrong guy. >> fun never ends. 6:00 expected. we'll tell you about the changes made to try to keep the chaos to a minimum. >> huge cuts at american airlines. we'll look at the numbers.

>> a live look at san jose. traffic kind of zooming. mike inouye will fill you in on the details. ♪

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that is lucas oil stadium in indianapolis, that is the site of super bowl xlvi where the 49ers will not be this year. it's the patriots and the giants. but we're showing it because it's in the news and it's kind of a pretty stadium. 6:23. >> not just in the news, it's on nbc bay area this weekend. 6:23. famous san francisco watering hole threatened with eviction could be saved. the gold dust lounge made its case yesterday. supporters are asking the city to classify the union scare hangout as a historic landmark f. that fails the group says it will explore legal action or ask the board of supervisors to intervene. the landlord has been given until march to vacate. >> san francisco giant fans will hit at&t park saturday for fan fest. we have a few changes to tell you about, including no more early bird access. the giants say last year letting

people in early clogged up the autograph lines. don't want that. there will be more public space available to reduce crowding and our own scott mcgrew will be out there from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. to meet and greet and tell you what's happening. more than 4,000 showed up last year. the event is free. >> even the line in the newsroom gets crazy. >> that's why i get here early so i'm close to the front. american airlines set it will. based in the bay area. >> jon, american isn't saying how many workers will lose their jobs or have pay cut but where it is san jose's biggest airline it's one of the seven employees nationally. there are dozens of flights out of san francisco and oakland. if you say to yourself wait, i thought airlines were done with these cuts, you're actually

right american is behind on this. it was the last company to declare bankruptcy just last month. the president will soon get to call on yahoo! at press conferences but before we talk about that let's talk about dell. they are expanding in santa clara. this is video from october of last year when dell opened up a new facility hiring 200 people, now dell says it's going to hire 200 more by june. there could be more than 1,000 by the end of the year. now let's talk about yahoo!. the president could call on yahoo! as a political correspondent. naming its first white house correspondent as it expands original content. oliver knox comes from the french news wire french press. and sony has a new ceo who came from the video arm of sony. he had to tell the world that sony lost more than $2 billion thanks mostly to weak tv sales.

this is something to keep in mind. as apple considers selling its entvs. he has worked as a translator for the beasty boys when they worked with sony recording executives and now runs the place. >> the beasty boys. i like that. i wonder how you translate brass monkey. >> 6:26. still to come on "today in the bay." video from saturday's occupy oakland protest. how you can help them. >> a death row inmate could be the key to finding a hayward girl. >> we've got a big weekend on tap, we have fan fest and the super bowl. i'll let you know what the weather holds. >> highway 24 to the caldecott. we do have developments in the south bay. i'll give you the latest on the.

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>> a death row inmate could be the key to finding a hayward girl that has been missing for nearly 25 years. a live report is next. >> a man finally free after being trapped in this trench for three hours. we'll tell you how he is doing this morning. >> reporter: why the city of menlo park might ask facebook to dig a little bit into their pockets. >> a beautiful live look outside for this thursday morning overlooking the south bay. it's thursday, february 2nd, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. 6:29 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. thanks for joining us. >> good morning everyone. i'm jon kelley. we check in with meteorologist

christina loren and that live shot we saw there, those are some clouds? >> yes. low clouds. already clearing. gorgeous sunrise for you this morning. keep your eyes on the road. mike has an important report coming up. 39 in concord. grab your sunglasses, and we're going to hold on to the sun all weekend before a storm drops into the area. let's check the drive. >> good advice. keep your eyes on the road. 87 we had unexpected slowing. we had a fire on the side of the road. you see the south bay freeway looking nice. northbound 87 we had a lane blocked by a small fire on the shoulder. the lanes have cleared so now we're back in the 50s. better news. a look at the slowdowns because we have some stopping up.

>> an oakland man is in the hospital. we've been showing you this amazing video. he was trapped for hours in a trench. this is a look at the scene. rescuers were able to free the man's head and arms so he could breathe. he was fixing a sewer line at the home when the waums of the trench he was digging caved in. >> more about the collapse in milpitas. it appears the contractor did not have the proper permit. home builders need a state permit for any projects that are deeper than five feet. the trench that collapsed and buried the carpenter on saturday was 12 feet deep. the city and state authorities banned further building at the site until the investigation is complete. >> an appeals court will decide

if video recordings in a trial can be released. the judge had the recordings. supporters of a ban on gay marriage want them up der seal. the judge rules whether the public has the right to view this. the court has yet to decide the larger issue whether proposition 8 is constitutional. this one is a chapter in a sad story. michaela garecht disappeared back in 1988 and now a death row inmate says he knows what happened to her. christie smith is live where michaela garecht's mother met. >> a couple minutes ago i got my hands on the letter that was written by a death row inmate that makes claims about michaela garrett but doesn't name her. her mom is hoping for a miracle.

this is not comforting. the letter was written by wesley shermantine to a newspaper claiming his partner loren herzog was responsible for kidnapping the 9-year-old 20 years ago. he also claimed that he would lead police to several bodies in san joaquin county. makay makayla's mom hope this is is not the end. >> people say do i feel hopeful, my answer has to be that a lead that will lead to michaela's remains is not hopeful. not what i consider hopeful. to me, i mean, top for 23 years that she could come home alive. >> reporter: michaela disappeared when she went to a store with a friend. they were on their scooters,

they came out and a man grabbed her and put her in a car. she wasn't been seen since. i spoke briefly with hayward please and they tell me they are going to see and head over to san quentin and try to conduct their own jailous interview. back to you. >> thank you, christie. 6:34. 12 people charged during the weekend violent occupy oakland protest are expected to ener pleas. police want the public to see surveillance video of the demonstrators breaking into city awl and burning an american flag. this showed the protesters waving that flag outside of city hall. and eventually they lit it on fire. surveillance also shows them dumping trash and throwing

objects and damaging a 100 year model. they hope that people will recognize the faces and notify the department. occupiers say this was brutality. they are considering filing a class action lawsuit on half of the people arrested. officers used tear gas to clear out the protesters. three officers and proprotesters were injured. >> 6:35. facebook wants to expand but first the giant may have to cough up major cash. for the record they do have a lot. bob redell with more on the city's demands. good morning, bob. >> reporter: this is located in the bell haven neighborhood. it's a low income area of menlo

park. what the city is considering help them make it a nicer place. why? they might be forced to because in exchange facebook is about to ask the city of menlo park for permission to add 7,000 more employees. more than that actually, to their location here and another one near by. if they do that's going to increase traffic. it is allowed to ask facebook to help out. in return it's considering facebook to build new bike paths. landscaping along bay front expressway. perhaps adding a sound wall for a park. and most importantly of all asking facebook to put out assurances that local residents would be displaced as these new employees gobble up props. the city sunsle came up with a suggested list. they are going to formalize

that, present it on february 14 and after that begin negotiations with space book. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. she's got a look at our forecast. >> second day of february. football coming up this weekend. super bowl sunday. comfortable weather and look that the live picture of alcatraz. completely clear at the coast this morning. we're finding the most bag through the inhand valleys. visibility looking pretty good across the board. 42 degrees this morning in sunnyvale. 9:00 a.m., temperatures climbing into the 50s. stop the clock at noon, look how comfortable it will be.

68 in napa, 62 degrees in palo alto. we have a comfortable afternoon with highs in the 60s. the south bay will be the warmest. 5:00, much closer to friday. we'll see low to mid-60s. here is a weekend preview as giants are back in town. 58 to 63 on saturday. fan fest and you can meet our own scott mcgrew out there at at&t park. he will be out there before gates open. that's a preview. a storm system on the way. first check that drive with mike. >> out to the drive time. we have 22 minute travel time. slowing for west bound 80. you see that 40 near the top. that's over there as you approach the central avenue exit.

>> the lights are on. a little lighter but it is building past the overcrossing. to the other side of the richmond/san rafael bridge, this is at lincoln avenue. we see some slowing toward the parkway. we see the slowing only coming in through novato passing 37. then clearing. these are dipping into the 50s as you are approaching the scene of the accident. it may be off to the shoulder but it's still a distraction. a look at oakland fast policy yum. southbound with the headlights. the volume picks up but we have bust about a sun wicks-minute drive. the metering lights are on at the bay bridge. >> really picking up out there. 6:39. should added sugar be regulated like alcohol and tobacco.

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security check points again on capitol hill, i apologize. brian moore with the details. take it away, brian. help me out. >> hey, man. this is a serious business here. come on, get it together, brother. what am i talking about? oh, yeah. tsa scanners. there is a bipartisan group of senators on capitol hill proposing a study into the safety of the scanners in airports, x-ray scanners is what we're talking about. but how many of them are there? we can't tell you because the tsa won't tell us. but the senators are hoping for an independent study into how safe these are. there are, we should point out, two different types. one of them is the sort of enclosed scanners that we're talking about, x-ray back scanner scanners, the other type may be more familiar with, more of them, they are glass enclosed

thing, those are radiofrequency scanners, those are fine. those are no problem. but we should point out that the proponents of the x-ray scanners say they only give you as much dose as you get on a regular flight. and also they are believed to be more accurate than the radio scanners, the ones that look like the telebooth. and more likely to give a false positive. sometimes they see body sweat as a weapon which jon, i got to say i'm right along with them on that one. >> yes, we hear you on that. thank you very much. >> it's 6:44 a. death row inmate could help investigators find a girl nearly 25 years after she disappeared. we'll have a live report. 15 minutes of nonstop news coming up. >> more news about the economy and jobs. "and what's your name?" "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 everyone. it's 6:47. i want to get another check of that forecast and meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. we are so close to the weekend, and if you want to get outdoors i think you'll like what we have in store for you. let's start with what's happening now. look at this beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge. crystal clear condition, open up the windows as we have pretty good air quality. it's cold, keep them shut for now. temperatures are running 5 to 8 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. let's get to the numbers this morning. 40 in oakland, you're at 40 in san mateo, 53 in san francisco and chilly up in santa rosa. before we get to the forecast for today, we have breaking weather news. did he see his shadow, the bird

in question of the day. punxsutawney phil state out of gobbler's nob which means six more weeks of winter. we'll take it because we haven't seen much of a int wither. colder, areas of patchy fog. but the fog not much of a factor. not too bad yet. later on this afternoon the sunshine stays with us and ahead if you are someone with agricultural interests, we do have good news for you. there is a pretty good storm on the way next week. the next 48 hours we'll stay high and dry under this high pressure. for today, temperatures comfortable. friday the warm-up continues. it works like this in your city. 68 in morgan hill, 65 for sunnyvale. 65 degrees in dublin. we'll take you across the water. 61 in san rafael.

and comfortable, even bright by the water. about 60 in pacifica. distinguish all the way through saturday for warmth. by sunday we peak. super bowl sunday. then the rain returns tuesday, wednesday, into thursday we're going to see a pretty good storm. so finally i'll get to do what i love which is tracking showers. mike is on top of your drive. >> we have a lot of slowing in the south bay. finally kicking in for thursday. i don't mean like i'm happy about it. it's a relief to see that the sensors are working. thursdays we see that northbound route. north of 880 moving smoothly. up to the area from south of there we had slowing, 85 passing by union up to 17, 87, into downtown, all the way up on 101 past 880. so there's your build. gradual but it isn't typical

throughout the south bay. no problems up the lower bay shore. 101 in both directions. there you go in the southbound side. highway 92 is smooth in your westbound commute. we have a nice slowing starting to form around eighth street and union city. the castro valley y, 580 not a problem through oakland. for the toll plaza where the metering lights are on, 580, 22 minute typical through livermore, a cup accidents. and we'll end with a pocket of fog around the golf course because they had some drizzle. >> it's 6:50 now. a possible new lead in a 23-year-old missing child case. a convicted murderer on death row says he knows what happened to 9-year-old michaela garecht. christie smith joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to

you. i got my hands on that letter written by wesley shermantine, the convicted killer who is on death row at san quentin. i had a brief moment but it appears he doesn't mention michaela garecht specifically but he does mention that he believes that his partner in crime loren herzog may be responsible for her disappearance in some way in 1988. he mentioned that at the time herzog lives close by. also he would like investigators to help them by him being brought out to san joaquin county to help locate possible victims. he doesn't mention names. the mother still wants her daughter home safe and sound. investigators tell me that

investigators are looking into this and as soon as they are done with their investigation layward police are going out to san quentin and try and conduct their own jail house interview. back to you. >> christie, thank you. a san francisco prep school will be closed this week because of a stomach virus. sain it.gnatious closed after 5 students called in sick and 90 sent home. the campuses that undergone cleaning and the department of public health says that everything is okay to open up the school. but the administrators still want to give the students and stf until monday to heal up. >> 6:52. the man accused of stock piling guns in his south bay home is expected in court. mark saidlof was arrested after

police found weapons in his house. they were forced to dig a hole in the yard to detonate the explosive. >> 27-year-old alejandro gonzalez allegedly rammed four police cruisers in january. police say he stole the car that he crashed. all of the officers are okay. gonzalez is expected to enter a plea. >> a tragic accident, is 7-year-old boy falls from a ski lift and dies. tonight in a report, are chair lift safety standards strict enough? >> at 7 years old he was skiing black diamond. >> he had been on the lift a hundred times. >> on december 18, john henderson fell nearly 60 feet from a ski lift at sugar bowl

resort in lake tahoe. >> what will be done differently here? >> we actually aren't really changing practices and procedures because safety is always of the utmost importance. r. >> no one wants to see anybody get hurt but the resorts don't have any obligation to insure any level of safety. >> some critics say safety standards are lagging behind other mountain states. >> i think there are things that could be looked at in regards to how the resort ensures the safety, whether the lap bar is important. make sure it comes down snug. >> those are some of the things uncovered. >> facebook wants to expand its menlo park headquarters but first needs to meet some city

demands. looks like this expansion could cost a little extra cash. >> reporter: that's the idea. good morning to you, jon, to help pay for improvements to the low income neighborhoods that surround facebook headquarters. the social networking giant once asked more than 7 thou employees to this and another nearby, they need permission to do that because adding that many people will impact traffic. it is allowed to ask facebook to help with their neighbor. the city is thinking of asking the networking giant for bike paths, perhaps a sound wall and perhaps most important to ask for assurances that local residents wouldn't be displaced as proceeds, nearby to move into. right now what's going to happen

is the city council is putting it together for a meeting and prend it in an afternoon. reporting live in menlo park, bob redell. >> the "today" show is up next. here is ann curry to show us what's coming up. >> jon and laura, good morning. on thursday morning here "today," donald trump set to make an announcement, and there are reports he will endorse newt gingrich. we'll have details. also ahead a massive riot breaks out at a soccer match in egypt. at least 74 are dead. and witnesses say police failed to do enough to stop it. why would a multimillionaire adopt his 42-year-old girlfriend. the strange twist sighed to a drunk driving accident in florida. and exclusive first look at some

of this year's super bowl commercials on a thursday morning here on "today." now back to you. >> thank you, ann. we'll hold off until you hear this. sugar is toxic and should be regulated. in an article in the journal nature the scientists say sugar alter as person's biochemistry making them more vulnerable to heart disease and diabetes. sugary foods should be taxed and even banned for children. >> new numbers showing the american economy actually getting better. fewer people filing for unemployment. >> right. we got these national jobless chams. looking at each swek probably a mistake. we see fewer americans coming to the unemployment office for the first time.

tomorrow the labor department will release the january jobs number. right now that's at 8.5%. we've been talking about the facebook filing all morning. how important zynga is to the sp. accounting for 12% of cash flow. flash book is going to come into a lot of money. now zeng ga needs 12%. you need to take control of that. a lot of investors seem to agree. >> watching the skies for us, a pretty good looking forecast. >> good morning. let's show you what you get to drive to work in this morning. a gorgeous start for you over the bay bridge. hard to find a cloud in the sky at the coast. we do have low clouds inland. we're headed toward a sunny day

with temperatures. we'll round out the day with plenty of mid-60s, touching on the 60s even right at the coast later on today. check your drive one more time with mike inouye. >> we're going to look here. this is 101 past sfo. i'm not trembling but we have a breeze that is blowing so a smooth drive. no major slowing for 101 all the way through san mateo. to the south direction, 280 a look toward that 880 and 17 over crossing. almost 85, 280 here, speeds are dipping into the 50s and 40s. back to you. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining us. we'll be back with a local update for you at about 7:25 and every half our after that.