federal agent in southern california. i'm marla tellez. those stories coming up. >> plus, the newest bay area high school to say it's bringing drug-sniffing dogs onto campus. >> we'll give you a live look outside at sfo, a picturesque shot. president obama should be taking off from that area sometime soon. we'll keep you posted. it's friday, february 17th, "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. 5:00 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning everyone. i'm jon kelley. time to get the first weather check from meteorologist christina loren to find out hout beautiful this sfri going to be. >> it's going to be nice. more clouds, cooler weather, so enjoy the 70s in the forecast for today. 38 in livermore. we've got to get through the cold morning, leave the umbrella at home today. we'll talk about this weekend's weather. a lot of you want to get

outdoors. 5:00 a.m. first. mike is a busy man. >> good morning. we're busy warning about changes going on later today. for example, the bay bridge toll plaza which is moving smoothly now taking you from oakland into san francisco, not available after 8:00 p.m. tonight. that over the weekend constructi construction. i'll show you an alternate, the san mateo bridge, 880 likely to get more traffic as folks travel to 92 and off to the right, the sign that the bay bridge does close. we'll talk about that and more about traffic in a few. >> right now we're talking about the president. his whirl wind stop in san francisco brought in big bucks. bob is live at the intercontinental hotel where the president spent the night. how did the president make out? >> reporter: for january there is new information coming out. good morning, that the president raised $29 million for his re-election campaign and the democratic party.

that's an increase in the pace of fundraising. for the month of february he's getting a lot of help from the atm that is san francisco, yesterday alone he raised $3 million during three fundraising events here in the city. two were closed to the public. for the third, almost 3,000 people paid at least $100 to hear and see the president speak at the masonic center. obama spoke of the need to help those struggling in this tough economy, that this time in america is a make or break for the middle class. >> work and fair play and shared responsibility, that is what we're fighting for. that's what is at stake in this election. >> reporter: security escorted out two people who heckled the president over his policies regarding oil drilling and this country's involvement in afghanistan and pakistan. the president acknowledged that this is san francisco after all. we're live out here at fourth

and whoward. much of this area is blocked off f. you have business in this part of the city. he doesn't leave until late morning, his motorcade could cause traffic problems on southbound 101, this would be roughly between 11:30 and noon as he heads to sfo to take air force one for a take-off to seattle where he has another fund-raiser. reporting live in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> the president's first order of business when he got to san francisco, of course grabbing a bite to eat. the president, you might say, went rogue making an unannounced stop in chinatown. he had the sleeves rolled up, no jacket when he stopped by the great eastern restaurant on jackson street to pick up his take-out order of, get this, dimsong. look at this. sharing the love. customers did chant the president's name as they got close to him, take pictures and

look good for their friends. >> police in oakland looking for the man who tried to sexually assault a woman at knife point. she says a man attacked as she enter add home on east tenth street. even though he was armed she says her screams scared the man away. >> oakland police are offering safety tips. be aware, don't be distracted, stay in well-lit populated areas especially be alert getting in and out of your car. lock your doors. if you see something suspicious call police. >> a bay area high school planning to use drug sniffing dogs on campus. newark memorial says the dogs will be brought in when students return from spring break in april. the district telling the news kroop it's trying to curb drug use and sales on campus and may extend that to other school this works. fremont schools asking parents for feedback whether to bring

drug sniffing dogs onto their campuses. police will not move forward unless it gets support. >> it is not drug sniffing dogs but surveillance cameras that may watch. lafayette district is looking into a pilot program to put cameras in. the district has seen a rash of lap top, comer wire and solar panel thefts. the district is trying to decide if the cameras are worth the $16,000 price tag. >> our president is here in the bay area, another country is without one altogether. germany's president suddenly resigned. marla tellez is live in our newsroom with the latest headlines. good morning. >> good morning. after less than two years on the job german president christian wolf has resigned. he told reporters in berlin germany needs a president supported by its citizens. wolf is currently in the midst of a scandal over favors he

allegedly received before becoming head of state. he is confident he will be cleared of wrong doing. >> and southern greece today police are searching for two masked and armed thieves who robbed the antiquities museum. officials say the men tied up a guard, smashed display cases and stole about 60 artifacts. just last month three works of art including a piece by picasso were stolen from the national gallery in athens. to southern california, federal investigators are trying to piece together the shoot-out that left an immigration and customs enforcement agent dead. the shooting happened in the federal building in long beach last night. "l.a. times" is reporting an ice agent got into some sort of a confrontation with one of his supervisors and shot him. that's when another agent shot the ice agent who originally fired. he was pronounced dead on the scene. the wounded supervisor is in the hospital this morning, said to

be in stable condition. >> it is 5:06. hundreds of students are getting shocking news after the state shuts down their school. the doors were locked at the institute of medical education earlier this week. state regulators say it has questions about the school's finances and accreditation. students at the campuses say they are stunned and trying to look for answers. regulators say tuition and loans may be reimbursed but the credits may not transfer. the school says it may go to court to fight the closure. >> one of the biggest water wars in bay area history reaching a boiling point now. we're talking about the fight to close the hedge hetchy reservoir. opponents work on a ballot measure to drain the reservoir. the san francisco examiner reporting the group plans to file paperwork next week to begin a signature gathering effort to try to put the measure on the november ballot. it would ask voters to approve

the process and return the valley to its natural state. >> recent snow in the sierra nevada couldn't have come at a better time. 18 inches have fallen on most tahoe resorts. while the ski conditions aren't great it's better than you think. resorts are making some snow daily. making the conditions ideal. >> meteorologist christina loren joins us in the weather center. let's find out if the snow is going to affect us here. >> you know, we're going to get a little more as we head through this holiday weekend. good morning to you. the technology for making that snow, it advances year by year as well so they are able to make more snow than they were about five years ago. it's pretty cool up there. temperature this is morning cold here in the bay area, 36 degrees in fair field. 41 degrees, chilly enough for a jacket but something you want to take off by about noon as our high temperatures are going to end up in the mid to upper 60s.

it will be breezy today, but take a look at the climb between 8:00 and noon another 20-degree jump inland. about 63 degrees as you round out the work week, make your way home getting ready to enjoy the weekend. we have showers on the way this weekend. we'll let you know best chance. let's check the drive on a friday morning with mike inouye. >> good morning. we'll give you an update on the accident on the east bay side of the san mateo bridge southbound 880 approaching jackson or 92 the sign says both there. the accident has cleared completely from the freeway and no slowing. top of the screen, 50s off of 580 and the castro valley y. we'll track it but no incidents. may be slowing starting off the morning. a smooth drive. the lower deck has construction that will clear up off of the couple of lanes about about 7:00. the upper deck will be shut tonight. in the city president obama still in town as bob told you.

we'll get a live look at sfo. northbound 101, the stream of lights past the international airport. the signs warning of potential for traffic breaks as the president heads through the area later on. >> mike, thank you very much. all of you grape lovers, yes, it's that time of year when the latest vintages go head-to-head or i guess in this case bottle to bottle. tomorrow you can be the judge at the the largest wine competition in the country. this year's annual "san francisco chronicle" wine competition featuring more than 5,000 wines from 25 states, tomorrow, public tasting day at the fort mason pavilion in san francisco. that event runs from 2:00 to 5:00, tickets, $80 at the door, 60 bucks if you get them in advance. >> it's 5:10. san francisco miller is at the u.s. olympic team trials for

women's boxing in washington this morning. she won about three bouts so far in the tournament, lost one f. she wins tonight she'll return to the ring on saturday f. she loses she's out of the tournament. one person from each of three weight classes will advance to the 2012 world championships in china in may. that's the only qualifying tournament for the 2012 summer olympics in london where women's boxing is street make its debut. >> good luck to miss miller. love to see if she's got the moves there. >> it's 5:11. the bay area company getting read the go ipo. details when that will happen coming up in a live report. >> the rising danger for sea otters. scientists trying to figure out why they are getting killed. >> bay area dirty cop case about to get national media attention. the major talk show now focusing on this investigation. >> a live look outside, beautiful golden gate bridge. we'll keep you updated on the

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in the store's parking lot. that's right. police say the man got naked, then walked into the store and decided well, i need some socks so he grabbed socks and puts the socks on. we assume his feet. the man refused to take the orders so they had to tase him. 300 pounds, 6'4". he is charged with indecent exposure, aggravated assault and theft. >> putting on his socks. >> maybe he was hot. >> hot, then got his toes cold. >> sensitive feet. >> check it out at walmart. >> hopefully you have your socks on your feet especially if they are sense tifr. it's cold out there. that cold clear start will make way to plenty of sunshine and the warmest day of the week. so, we're rounding out the work week on a great note if you like the sunshine. if you like the rain, we've got that as well come saturday morning. you can see from this live

picture of the golden gate bridge no fog to report at this point. we could see a little fog develop and that would likely be in the livermore area, also concord, some of the fog creeps in through the delta. throughout the morning hours temperatures will stay on the cool side until about noon. high pressure regains control. in the mid-60s. through this weekend things change, an area of low pressure moves in. it's going to bring in a pretty weak cold front. for us that means cooler conditions, it will be mostly cloudy as we head through this weekend so we're going to lose that sun that we rounded out the the work week with. beautiful yesterday and even warmer as we head through your friday. 67 degrees in san jose. and guess what else, our boys are back in scottsdale starting tomorrow. pitchers and catchers, the giants are back at scottsdale stadium. 71 degrees. the first preseason game is march 3 versus the diamondbacks. we're excited.

nbc proud to be home of the giants. you can see throughout this weekend a few showers. you don't have to cancel your outdoor plans. they might have to cancel the trip across the bay bridge. >> if you go west from oakland into san francisco. that will be closed tonight at 8:00 p.m. remember that. i think we'll be reminding you from time to time. we're looking at the south bay with a smooth flow, northbound for all of these except i'll call out these here for northbound 101. north of 680, into the 40s. we're back up to 56 just past 680 up toward alum rock. the early slowing was a note for me. i'm going to watch this because yesterday it was a horrible drive but that was because of a sigalert and accident on 880. this morning 880, the nimitz moving smoothly down in through the south bay. we're looking at 101 as well which has no major construction through palo alto. great stuff past 84, willow cutting over the water. here we're looking at northbound

280 at farmhill there is construction. the southbound side is showing the slowdown so note that as you travel through the area. a visual distraction. construction for 680 between al costa and rutger. the crews start to clear, no problems out of livermore. we'll end with this shot and i'll tell you about that 14-minute drive out of the altamont pass. >> thank you, mike. europe continues to dictate what happens for the markets here in the u.s. for more on that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn brian shactman. good morning. >> good morning. futures are slightly higher after the dow closed yesterday at its highest level in nearly four years. asian markets gain, european shares are higher this morning. we get data today on the consumer price index as well as leading indicators. we also get earnings from campbell soup and heinz.

the dow gained 123 points to 12,904, nearing the key symbolic level of 13,000. the nasdaq up 44 points to 2959, close to 3000. the s&p up 14 to end at 1358. treasury secretary tim geithner facing a subpoena from lehman brothers. they want to question him about transactions made before the collapse of the firm in 2008. it's suggested that jpmorgan chase mate have used inside information to siphon billions during the final days. secretary geithner obviously was the head of the new york fed at the time and brokered a lot of meetings between bank executives. lawyers want to force a deposition by the march 16th deadline. yelp will be added to the new york stock exchange under yelp. the service plans to sell as much as $100 million of stock. it aims to sell 7 million shares

priced between 12 and $14. so the ipo market we're all waiting for that big facebook one. but the market starting to heat up a little. back to you. >> we'll keep our eye on it. thank you. >> the california sea otter facing a growing threat. specifically, shark attacks. the reason still a mystery to scientists. the number of sea otters killed by sharks has soared in recent years. great whites are the main suspects and the mid 90s about 10% of dead sea otters along the coast had shark bites. today the number is about 30%. scientists say shark attacks now the largest hurdle to sea otters' recovery from the endangered species list. >> real life police corruption scandal becomes reality tv. the dr. phil show will feature the officer turned private eye accused in a spring of arrests. dr. phil will discuss the charges of fraud, entrapment and drug dealing facing chris

butler. butler is one of four former officers facing federal charges in contra costa county. a big scandal that happened there. another former officer norman welsh was slated to appear but was told by a judge he could not leave the area. >> it is 5:21 now. coming up rumor has it the a's have found themselves as designated hitter. a little dh. the big name that could sign. >> sharing their story, a documentary that looks at what happened when a fishing boat sank off the coast of mexico last year. >> and congress finally agrees to some high speed wireless internet. what got the fire lit. we'll tell you coming up. hey guys, breakfast!

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>> welcome back everyone. it is the terrifying story of a group of bay area fishermen lost at sea after their boat sank and this weekend it will be featured on television. two survivors of the sinking last july will tell their story on the biography channel's i survived it will air sunday. the boat went down during a freak storm off baja california. of the 27 people on the fishing boat, erik, one person was killed, seven others listed as missing. >> 5:24. the oakland a's may have found their newest designated hitter. the a's may sign 39-year-old manny ramirez just before or after spring training starts this weekend. the down side, ramirez has a 50-game suspension for violating the major league's drug policy. fox sports says he can play in spring training games, it

woulding allowed to work without the team during the regular season but he would have to leave the ball paar park before the gates open for any games. >> huge protests expected this morning in berkeley at a steel plant. scott mcgrew joining us. more than 200 people lost their jobs. >> the federal government would say they lost their jobs for a good reason, they were in the country illegally or at least they couldn't prove their citizenship. video from last year shortly after 200 workers found they would not be allowed back to work at pacific steel. this morning they plan to gather outside the nation's fourth largest foundry to show their anger. they tell nbc bay area they worked under what they claimed were bad conditions but couldn't do anything about it because they were undocumented workers, and then they lost their jobs because they were undocumented workers. they don't expect to get their jobs back, in fact, under the law there's no way that they can. >> another stock analyst has been arrested by the fbi, he says for doing his job too well.

he will try to figure out what apple and cisco were doing and then report that back to his investors. he apparently did that so well the fbi got involved. 60 people from california to new york city have been accused of insider trading. we don't know precisely what charges he faces but the indictment there sealed. >> you'll be getting faster wireless internet. you can thank congress. the two houses hammered outdeal that will allow the sale of frequencies once used by tv stations for wireless internet. this has been a plan for years and years but congress finally got motivated to get it done because it needed the money. you'll remember earlier this week congress extended both the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, this will save the average american about 40 bucks a paycheck but it's going to cost 143 billion. republicans say they wouldn't pass it without a way to pay for it. they found it. they are going to sell off the

radiofrequencies. it will abcouple of years before you'll be able to use them. but it's finally getting done. >> amazing. thank you. it's 5:26 right now. still to come on "today in the bay," a woman accused of killing michelle le heads back to court. we'll have the details coming up. >> reporter: and we've been talking about it for days but tonight's the night, the upper deck of the bay bridge closes for three days. i'll explain the work going on. >> they are going forward with that construction, even with the few showers in this weekend's forecast. we'll tell you where and when coming up. >> as we follow traffic for 580 through oakland, moving nicely on the east bay. we'll give you the notes, east bay to the city notha ppen l g happen ler on tonight. more coming up. er

>> reporter: i'm bob redell. we're live in san francisco where the president is wrapping up his 24-hour swing through the bay area with a little surprise along the way.

that story coming up. >> plus, the bay area city going to court for a motel that's popular for all of the wrong reasons. >> google, apple fight expands. we'll look at the latest. >> a live look outside golden gate bridge. we'll check the morning commute for friday, february 17th. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. 5:30 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. time to check in with meteorologist christina loren to find out how beautiful this sfri going to be. you have we wanting to be outside. >> what did i say. >> anywhere but here. >> hmm. going to be a beautiful day. you will want to get outdoors. gorgeous conditions for this time of year. we're talking about the 70s later on. it's cold, grab your jacket. we've got showers in the works for this weekend, then a big time warm-up next week.

we'll talk you through all of that. first, 5:30 a.m. let's see if anything is slowing you down. >> a lot going on, things are moving smoothly. the golden gate bridge is going to get more crowded as folks are using this and the richmond/san rafael bridge as one of the alternates to the bay bridge. another, the san mateo bridge, a smooth drive westbound with taillights away from us, over to the peninsula, on the right side, the sign says the bay bridge is closed. we kind of knew that, we have been talking about it. we've got our own christie smith out there. my friend and colleague talking about that closure. what do you have today? >> reporter: good morning to you, mike. happy friday. you know, we're standing between the toll plaza and the incline where the work is going to take place. caltrans has some trucks ready to get started at 8:00 tonight when the upper deck of the bay bridge shuts down for three days. we shot video from the oakland side. caltrans has message boards up

reminding people. i got off the phone with our own photographer rob hughes who tell me it's the same story up 101. the word is out there. the only wrench in the plans could be the weather. rain. they need to the stay dry for at least six to seven hours for the paint to dry. and the new lane configuration. here is the plan. >> the reason why we're doing that so that we can shift traffic to the south over on the oakland side of the bridge. a piece of the existing bridge is in the way of the new bridge that we're building, so by moving the traffic a little to the south we can surgically remove that piece and build out the rest of the new bridge. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. will run 24 hours a day to help you get around. they have been handing out flyers at a number of stations for two weeks. and bay area ferries will have expanded service. buses can get you to and from the west oakland b.a.r.t.

station so you can take off from there. weather permitting, the bridge will reopen at 5:00 a.m. on tuesday. reporting live at the bay bridge, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> the bay bridge this weekend, it could be another traffic headache this morning. president obama will depart san francisco 18 few hours after several fund raising stops. the president's campaign picked up millions but he spent a few bucks. bob redell is live with all of the details. >> reporter: good morning. donors here in the city dropped millions of dollars for the president during his fundraising trip. the president himself dropped a coin as well, $100 to be exact, the presidential motorcade made a stop at the grady's eastern restaurant in san francisco's china town. surprising customers and the people who worked there. what did his $100 buy? enough shrimp dumb pli for 14

people. >> we went for a collection. a mid afternoon snack. yeah. didn't want to have the whole full seven-courser. i have like five events going on. >> actually it was three fundraising events yesterday in the city. two were closed to the public. for the third, almost 3,000 people paid at least $100 to see the president speak last night at a masonic center on top of nob hill. obama spoke of the need to help those struggling in this tough economy, that this time in america is make or break for the middle class. security had to escort out two people who heckled president over his policies. obama acknowledged that this is san francisco after all. he did raise $3 million in san francisco, a total of $8 million during his trip here on the west coast. he's heading off to seattle

later this morning where you can see the area around the intercontinental hotel where he is staying is shut down. his motorcade could cause traffic problems between 11:30 and noon as he heads to sfo. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> it is 5:35. the woman accused of killing a hayward nursing student could get a trial date this morning giselle esteban is facing murder charges for the death of her friend michelle le who disappeared after leaving kaiser permanente last may. a hearing will try to set a date for the murder trial. >> a trial expected to start today featuring the city of oakland versus the economy inn, the city trying to shut down the motel because it's allegedly a haven for hookers. oakland looking to close the motel for one year and possibly for good. last week the city began court proceedings against the national

lodge which is also accused of allowing prostitution. >> a new fight between apple and google. scott mcgrew joins us. those companies used to get along. >> they used to share a board member until google got in the steve business and steve jobs said he would spend every last pen tee destroy google. google has been accused this morning of monkeying with apple's safari web browser, fooling it into letting google track web user surfing habits. safari is popular on the iphone. and the particulars here are extremely technical. so i'm not going to get into them but google denies this. bottom line, another big fight brewing between mountainview and cupertino that will probably end up in the courts, even worse will probably attract the attention of federal regulators as well.

jon, no love lost between these two companies. >> clearly. we'll keep an eye on that one. >> keep an eye in the sky. meteorologist christina loren. >> they are clear out there this morning. we don't have fog yet. i think a little will start to drift in as we head through the next couple of hours. right now visibility good across the board. 50 in san mateo, 53 this morning in san francisco. and here in san jose at 41 degrees. so it's not too frigid. throughout this weekend we'll get more clouds. today by noon up to 60 degrees inland. as you make your way home from work about 63 degrees. things start to change come saturday morning. we'll help you plan your presidents day weekend outdoor activities. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> you know, friday being what it is, a little lighter volume of traffic. even the highway 4 sensor showing 55. we expect to see speeds down

below. a lighter volume for 4 as we come down through the concord area and the walnut creek interchange. construction crews might be hanging around 680 southbound between rudier and alcosta. no slowing shows up on our sensors. through the dublin interchange. out of the altamont pass a smooth 15 minutes. the volume of traffic is starting to hit. sfeft more what it's like. all the way through castro valley and to the y, a little blip at the transition side. but you should slow down because it's getting tight. not a lot going on to the san mateo bridge. >> thank you, mike. >> 5:38. remembering whitney houston. friends and family planning to say farewell. >> the search continues for a

pair of serial killers. they return to the site in san joaquin county. >> the chancellor of uc davis could lose her job. it all stems from last year's pepper spraying. >> for the latest news, traffic, weather find us on facebook @nbcbayarea.

>> a live look outside. san francisco international airport. we're keeping an eye on the roadways. the president is in san francisco preparing for his motorcade to take him to the airport where he'll take off on air force one about 9:00 a.m. we'll have the latest. >> 5:41 now. aretha franklin, stevie wonder among those who will sing at the private funeral for whitney houston. also invited her ex-husband bobby brown. her co-star in "the body guard"

kevin kostner. clive davis will speak at the saturday funeral. the queen of soul was a close friend and also tells the "today" show this morning she considered houston her god daughter. >> she sung yes jesus loves me. and when god loves you, what can be better than that. >> you can catch the full interview with aretha franklin this morning on "today." we'll have a link to watch the funeral live on our website on saturday on nbcbayarea.com. >> it is 5:42. in washington this morning progress or politics as usual. today is the third anniversary of the stimulus that president obama insisted would bring the u.s. out of recession. tracie potts has a look at what we've spent and where we are today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so $787 billion actually ended

up totaling about 50 billion more than that, for shovel ready projects that the president said would create jobs, to try to stimulate this economy and for benefits like unemployment. did it work? it depends who you ask. president obama on the road in san francisco yesterday said the economy is stronger t recovery is accelerating but mitt romney said not because we spentstimul says the president will be blamed for and remember forward making this recovery longer for postponing it. the bottom line when you look at the numbers, unemployment about the same as it was then. but we've come out of a big slump that was near 10%. interestingly, we were losing three quarters of a million jobs a month back then. now gaining a quarter million so a big turnaround there. the big sque going to be what impact is all of this going to have on politics as republicans continue to try to focus on the

big slump we went through and president obama tries to focus on where we are now which seems to be better than where we are when he took office. >> tracie, thank you. >> car technology has come a long way in recent years but some government officials say it's gone too far. the national highway traffic safety administration says all of those touch screens and dashboard controls are distracting drivers. the agency is proposing guidelines for dashboard technology. one recommendation is that automakers be required to design technology so it's disabled when the car is in motion. automakers are protesting the move saying the technology is built with safety in mind. >> the next time you fly you may want to leave fido at home or spot or whatever you call your dog. in march united will no longer allow pets to be checked as luggage. families have to ship the pets as cargo which could run hundreds of dollars.

united will be adopting continental's pet transportation program. >> they like to have them in the cabin. >> i've seen that. >> 5:44. i want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> we don't have to worry about flight delays out of the major airports this get away friday. we're looking really good for staying here in town. we're going to get a few showers but it looks like early saturday and late sunday into monday is the best timing so you will have opportunities to get out and enjoy the three-day holiday. 40 degrees in concord. it's cold out there. some cities are now in the upper 30s so give or take a couple of degrees from yesterday morning. about the same. we're going to end up about the same this afternoon. but i have bumped you your numbers with high pressure in control of our pattern, driving the winds offshore for the first part of today. we'll see clouds increase later on this afternoon and this evening as an area of low pressure moves to our north but

drags a weak disturbance through the bay area. just enough to squeeze out a few light showers as we wake up tomorrow morning especially at the coast. what will happen is we're going to see more moisture around. more fog, so drizzle definitely a factor for tomorrow, staying mostly cloudy. then sunday we'll get more sunshine but then we have another round of showers on the way late sunday into monday. so enjoy the sunshine and the warmth that we have for you today. 70 in gilroy, 65 in almaden valley. about 65 degrees, even in places like oakland. saturday and sunday, things do start to get cooler but we're going to warm you back up as we head into next week. so overall next week looking warm and sunny. we've got to get through this cool cloudy weekend. we'll check your drive with mike. >> we'll start in the south bay. things were looking fine. all of a sudden in the last three minutes we see slowing on northbound highway 87. no incidents reported but that 40 rej sterg as you come off 85 and toward curtner so we'll keep

that in mind. i'll let you know if things sort themselves out. the rest looking fine but a ripple like that even on a friday could cause things to stir south of there. 101 moves smoothly. northbound 280 at farm hill we have construction going on for another few minutes. should be clear over the next 10. we don't have slowing. live look will show you our shot of sfo. here's 101 traveling north past sfo and the shiny lights, the southbound side heading to the same spot may have problems because later on as bob and we have been telling you, president obama might take that route to sfo to get out of town. that would be late in the commute around 10, 11:00. back here, we're looking at slowing on the lower deck because crews are clearing and the closure on the upper deck starts at 8:00 p.m. tonight. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 5:47. a video camera and cadaver dogs

will be brought to san joaquin county where the searchers are scouring an abandoned cattle ranch for more victims of killers. a powerful camera will be lowered into the 50-foot well where more than 1,000 bone fragments have been found. cadaver dogs will be used to search for a second well where two dumped more bodies. some of the fragments will be analyzed at the crime lab in richmond. >> she was at the center of that controversy pepper spray incident at uc davis. the chancellor will be the subject of a faculty no confidence vote. she was heavily criticized for the university's handling of a peaceful protest back in november. occupiers were staging a sit-in when this happened. campus police aggressively and repeatedly spraying them with pepper spray. out of control. today's vote nonbinding but

could have an effect on the chancellor's future with the system. >> a police officer has his job back. after he helped catch a trio of suspected bank robbers. nikele naser was reinstated three days ago the 11 year police veteran was a civilian when he saw a robbery. his instincts kicked in and he followed the robbers getting their license plate so he could forward it on to police. two hours later salinas police arrested three suspects. >> my spishl thought was i wanted to do something, i wish i had this, i wish i had that. give at any situation i was in i had nothing better to do but than to be a good witness. >> he left the police department for the palo alto police department last summer because he was worried he would be laid off. when he learned he could come back to san jose police he jumped at the chance. >> 5:49. the san jose sharks in north carolina this morning will be taking on the hurricanes today at 4:00.

of course they are hoping to atone for last night's overtime loss to tampa bay 6-5. san jose now in the middle of a nine-game road trip. on sunday they will be in detroit to take on the red wings, all part of hockey day in america. guess what, you can see it here on nbc bay area. a double headers, the sharks and wings at 9:30 a.m. followed by the bruins taking on the wild from minnesota. >> the bay area will be making an appearance at the new york knicks game tonight in the form of a palo alto high school basketball jersey. jeremy lin's old jersey tonight, the knicks won seven games in a row since lin earned his spot as a starter. that's enough to catch the eyes of people in charge of the all-star game in orlando. lin will participate 18 shooting

competition february 25th. also part of the slam dunk contest. his teammate plans to use lin as a prop. going to have to wait and see what that entails. >> he has been a great story. great role modle and tearing up the league. >> harvard grad, too. it's 5:51 now. coming up the latest on a fire at an historic south bay land mark. >> why an employee at one company sin trouble with the law. >> tech instructions even my da. understand. yes, my dad. ade me drowsy. after allegra, i have the only one that's both fast and non-drowsy. after allegra, i have it all.

>> welcome back on this friday morning. it's 5:53. investigators trying to figure out exactly what caused a fire at a south bay land mark. the kelly house on center road

outside of happy hollow once belonged to one of san jose's pioneer families. it sustained major damage after a two-alarm fire yesterday. the two-story home has been vacant for years but was used to store historic documents. some of those fortunately were able to be saved. there were no reports of injuries. >> a man who was paid to clean up one of the bay area's company tried to clean them out allegedly. the 33-year-old allegedly stole 41 lap top computers. prosecutors say he took the computers between february 2011 and last week while he was working for the company as a contract janitor. the total cost of the computers about $30,000. he is out on bail. >> dozens of musicians honor the san francisco business man who's free music festival brought blue

grass. hardley strictly bluegrass performers will play a tribute concert sunday for warren helman who died last year. the free concerts will be held from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m. on great highway at ocean beach between john f. kennedy beach. >> scott figured out how to watch tv and work at the same time. you haven't been hanging without me enough. >> an additional monitor for your lap top or desk top so you can use more than one screen at once. now you've seen these before. but what make this is one unusual is it is super cheap, a little more than 100 bucks. and it's supereasy to use. it has one usb plug. you plug it into your lap top, the lap top recognizes it right away and you're off and running. no power cord, no monitor, no setup. it's made by a company called aoc. let me go over the instructions.

you plug it into your computer. there is one cord. you plug it in. and you get your monitor and it's up and running. a little more than 100 bucks. 120 bucks. >> taking notes. plug in. okay. 5:56. still to come on "today in the bay," the fight to drain a bay area dam. why it could be soon before the voters in one city. >> the latest high school talking about bringing drug sniffing dogs on campus. >> and you made it to friday. we've got a good looking afternoon shaping up. a few showers tomorrow and sunday. we'll time those out for you coming up. >> a busy friday traffic wise. right now we have slowing for 580, but more developments ahead into and out of san francisco. that coming up. >> a live look outside. we're not sure what's going on there. we like that shot better.

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>> reporter: i'm bob redell live in san francisco where the president could soon be leaving for sfo to catch air force one. we'll tell you what this will mean for your morning commute coming up. >> reporter: and tonight's the night the upper deck of the bay bridge shuts down for three days. i'm christie smith. i'll tell you why caltrans is keeping an eye on the roads and the sky. >> an ice agent shoots his superi superior, then is killed by another agent. >> a live look outside, that is highway 101