tag add classroom with swastikas and racial slurs. the task facing a south bay high school coming up. >> also new information this morning from the so-called speed freak killer. a possible third site with more bodies is out there. details next. >> reporter: and $4 and climbing. coming up we're going to talk about what is driving gas prices so high. >> a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. traffic flowing smoothly this morning. it is fat tuesday, february 21st, "today in the bay." >> good morning everybody. thanks for being with us. 5:00 on this fat tuesday as mr. kelly pointed out. >> get your groove on. good morning. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren

and this weather mother nature is in the groove. >> yeah, she's got her groove thing going. we're looking good for today. temperatures are going to end up in the 70s. and it's not too cold out there right now. the micro climates are kicking in. 53 in san francisco. and just about everywhere talking about temperatures 10 degrees above average for this time of year. still winter and we stay warm, almost all week long. we'll take you through the forecast. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> back out to the san mateo bridge. we'll show you the map, we have the eastbound direction, reports of an accident. it's tough to make out the icon there. we do have no slowing approaching off of that high rise through the flat section. on the flat section we were looking from our camera which is unavailable right now bt but maybe we can bring it up. there you go. on the left, some dim lights there, still looks like a

disabled vehicle. watch it as you approach. looks like a disabled vehicle blocking the shoulder area. >> mike, thanks. it is 5:01 now. new this morning a new twist to a gruesome san juan county search. a convicted serial killer revealed the location of a third burial site. wesley shermantine has been leading police to victims of his 15-year crime spree with partner loren herzog. more than 1,000 bones have been recovered from an abandoned well in linden. investigators were searching for a second site identified by shermantine when he revealed a third site sunday. he says herzog dumped another body there, not far from the other sites. no word on when or if investigators will search for it. >> in hayward police now searching for a domestic violence suspect who was accidentally released after a psychiatric evaluation. jose hernandez was arrested at

his ex-girlfriend's home saturday night. during a confrontation with police he slit his own throat, then stabbed himself. he was taken to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, but he was released by accident there. hernandez is about 5'8", 150 pounds and has lots of bandages and a suture around his neck. if you see him you are asked to call police. >> students at one high school will return from a long weekend but one classroom will be closed. it became the target of vandals who covered it with hateful and obscene messages, so offensive we can't show many of them. bob redell is live at mount pleasant high where crews worked to cover up the graffiti. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, it's our understanding that graffiti has been wiped off and painted over, but mount pleasant high is still trying to find out who was responsible for tagging one of its classrooms with hate messages.

you can see in this video from inside the room that someone used a black marker to scrawl several swastikas, references to hitler and racial slurs on the door and walls. the schools have allowed students to write good-bye messages on the wall. but they never meant for it to be taken this far. >> our community for how we uphold the dignity of every culture and every person, so all of this vandalism, we washed it away almost immediately. >> reporter: this took place on friday. the district says that if a student was behind this he or she could be suspended or expelled. a non-student will have to deal with sjpd. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> tonight the oakland city council considering the high price of keeping the police department from falling under federal control. the department has been under the watch of federal monitors since 2003, part of a settlement in a high profile police abuse

case. now the work load has increased for the monitors after a judge ruled the department has not implemented required reforms and threatened a federal takeover. the council will vote on a $100,000 pay raise for the monitoring team f. approved it would bring their two-year contract to $1.8 million. >> the search continues for a robbery suspect in oakland who managed to get away when his alleged accomplice was shot by officers. just before midnight sunday police stopped a car on 62nd avenue as part after robbery investigation. the passenger allegedly ran and one of the officers shot him saying he saw a gun. the other suspect got away. the officer is now on administrative leave pending an investigation. >> 5:05 now. the mother of a berkeley man accused of beating a 67-year-old man to death says her son is the product of a broken mental

health care system. the mother of daniel jordan dewitt claims he suffers from paranoia, schizophrenia and wasn't properly treated in a hospital. saturday night say dewitt attacked a homeowner. the police response time is also being questioned since officers weren't immediately dispatched to the call of an intruder at the house because they were delayed with the occupy protesters. >> investigators say they do not think alcohol played a part in a deadly accident on highway 101 in san jose. this is an update to breaking news yesterday. the chp says the driver was going too fast when his suv rolled on the capitol expressway off ramp. the pavement was wet from rain. the man who died was ejected from the vehicle. police say neither he nor any of the eight people in the suv yesterday were wearing seat belts. two other passengers suffered

major injuries. >> gas prices accelerating quickly now. it's going too cost more than $4 a gallon on average. christie smith live in oakland now. she has the answer of why we won't see the price tag come down soon. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's not the $4 a gallon that has people upset. that's upsetting them but it's also how fast the prices have shot up. this is a popular station because it's under 4 bucks a gallon. but around the corner at the shell station it's 4:05. it's in line with bay area gas prices for oakland, san jose and san francisco. between 4.03 and 4.08. energy experts have a couple of reasons. political issues in the middle east, refineries closing down and demand is going up. one commuter said he keeps tabs

on his spending and his jaw is dropping. >> well, a little bit crazy. i mean i just locked in my gas now, two weeks ago was paying 24 cents less. right now it's not even a holiday -- it's past the holiday weekend. it's like i mean, just crazy. >> reporter: this should make you feel good about what you're paying. check this out. it's posed by one of my facebook friends talking about getting a second job to pay for all of the gas. experts think that it will keep going up but probably won't hit five bucks a gallon. california is on the high end. on the low end, wyoming where it's $3 a gallon. reporting live in oakland, christie smith. >> the palo alto council is expected to approve a plan to share police dispatch services. palo alto, mountain view and the

police departments will purchase a dispatch system and share it along with record management systems. the city leaders say it should cut cost and improve response times. the council approved the plan last month. >> a simple solution or just too much power? these palo alto city council expected to appoint police chief ron davis as interim city manager. he served as chief of police for seven years. he hasn't said if he plans to resign and apply for the job. he is the current city mager is retiring the beginning of march. >> good morning to you. we want to check in with christina. >> at this time yesterday we were tracking those showers, dense fog. we have a little bit of fog in the north bay and the east bay. but overall starting out mostly

clear. a pretty steady breeze out of the northeast as high pressure has set up. throughout the day as a result your temperatures are going to climb quickly about about noon. talking about the 60s. so tuesday through thursday we continue this trend. 60s and 70s. sunny and breezy to windy throughout the east bay. and the northbound mountains so you want to keep that in mind. it will be a little on the gusty side all the way through thursday. for today at noon, 62 degrees inland. about 60 degrees in the city. and 59 in places like pacifica. still holding on to the mid-60s, temperatures are going to climb as we hit peak warmth at 3:00 p.m. most are at work but i'll let you know how warm and if you might be breaking a weather. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> good morning. we'll take you out to the peninsula side south of san francisco out of the area,

southbound 280 at san jose avenue. reports of an accident. i showed you some slowing both directions showing slowing over the last 15 minutes. now directs clearing. the accident looks like all activity moving off to the shoulder and most off to the freeway. no slowing here. a live look outside. see how things are gaping up. the taillights pass, southbound with the headlights down to the san mateo bridge. further south, 880 crosses the middle of the screen the back bar approaches with the headlights. you see a steady flow but a light volume. to the south bay in another report, there is an issue might be is power lines. i'll give you that heads up coming up. >> thank you. the streets are filling up in new orleans, why, well t city is jumping into the final day of mardi gras season. the french warter gearing up for

a full-blown bash to wrap all the -- there will be parades and floats. mardi gras is an old tradition. it has mike dancing now. you can trace this back to the early 18th century. mardy grow the final celebration before lent begins. >> a san francisco neighborhood will bring the big easy to town. they will host block parties. there you can expect free concerts, and all in all, the food you can eat before lent. a masquerade ball charging an entrance fee. it begins at 5:00 tonight. >> right. it's fat tuesday. now i know why you brought that thermos of margaritas in. >> it's 5:12. p. diddy getting ready to take

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>> we have a big time warm-up considering it's still the heart of winter. good morning. we're talking about the 70s, by tomorrow even warmer. and we just keep on climbing as we head into your work week. 5:15 now. you can see the fog trying to develop over the golden gate bridge. really not getting an opportunity to do so because we've got pretty strong winds, and the ingredients for fog formation, calm winds and clear skies. the wind is helping us out. we could pick up moisture. 44 degrees in oakland. 41 in livermore. and 50 in san jose. a big time warm-up as high pressure is over the great basin. bringing our temperatures into the low 70s inland and the mid-60s even right by the water. so, this is what we're expecting today. highs in the 70s. we're forecasting records in places like santa rosa, napa likely will touch on a record, even livermore throughout this afternoon.

that means that it's not usually this warm on this date. in fact, if we break those records it will go down in history as the warmest day that was seen on this february 21st. saturday, sunday, 73. cooling down, bringing a few showers sunday into monday. if you missed the rain we've got that. you just have to wait for it longer. let's check your drive with mike. >> good morning. it's tuesday, we expect to see a heavier volume of traffic. the south bay is showing a smooth drive. mountain view and the like. further south, if you have friends in morgan hill give them a shout out. you can see the intersection. dewitt avenue near edmundson. minor injuries are reported and the fire department had to head out because of downed wires so it sounds like they may be power lines. edmundson to tenant.

this might be an issue for folks. it's fun to call friends at 5:17 in the morning. we do have a little slowing, traffic tuesday might be an issue. the heavier volume with slowing. watch it sort of starts to drift and sped out for that commute all the way to the dublin interchange no. delays between pleasanton and dublin and the san ramon valley. one of the cars remaining after the earlier accident on the bridge still there eastbound but not in lanes. a little distraction. >> a tentative debt deal for greece expected to fuel markets today. for a look at that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn to jackie deangelis. good morning. >> good morning, marla. futures are higher this morning, the dow could possibly open above the 13,000 mark which it

hasn't seen since 2008. investors are breathing a sigh of relief as european leaders reached a deal on a second bailout after 13 hours of talk. the package may help greece for now. there is no economic data in the u.s. but we get reports on home sales and consumer sentiment. reactions to that have been mixed. the dow rose 45 points on friday to 12,949. microsoft is in talks with a major record company to create a new music service for the xbox and upcoming version of windows phone but it's unclear how much it would differ from the zoo music path. p. diddy is taking on mtv. it could launch this year.

comcast is expected to carry revolt on some of its poll cable systems. part of its probably to buy nbc. that's it for us here. marla, back over to you. >> we'll have to check out revolt. thank you. >> 5:20. the pilot involved in that freaky midair collision with a helicopter now telling his side of the story. >> there was a big bang but i had no idea what it was. isn't think about it. thought about flying the plane. >> a nice job getting it back on the ground. ronald gower in sacramento county when his plane clipped something. he didn't know what happened until he was back on solid ground. >> i didn't even know it was a helicopter until i was told later. >> the helicopter pilot is an

experienced commercial pilot. she is not talking to the media but reportedly told her instructor she did see a small plane, then heard a warning from air traffic control. it was too late. the collision caused her to crash in a field. >> vandals strike dozens of times in one bay area city. the details ahead. >> expect a refund. the bay area utilities says it overcharged its customers. >> a news agency gets a look inside where they make ipads and iphones. [ female announcer ] off limits?

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>> welcome back. police on the hunt for graffiti vandals who struck several times over the weekend. officers found graffiti in 32 separate locations at kennel worth junior high and at a home and six homes on the east side. anybody with information is asked to call petaluma police. >> apology for an overcharge in a peninsula city. they plan to send letters to residents in san carlos. the trash hauler says it added 10% to the latest bill instead of the 5% that was recently approved by the city. the letter will explain the error and inform customers they will receive a credit on their next garbage bill. >> an exclusive, a tour of the controversial apple factories in china. scott mcgrew joins us. lots of reporters wanted into those plants. >> some chinese newspapers have gotten inside.

that's how we heard of the suicides. and chinese television got close after a plant exploded, killing three people. but this will be the first time a major tour of the plant will be conducted by an american news crew. abc will feature the show tonight on its nightline program. there is some fuss over this because abc is so closely related to apple. the ceo of disney, abc's owner, sits on apple's board. the ceo of -- steve jobs, the largest shareholder sat on the board as well. in a blog posting abc writes that there are one of four possibilities why he got chose tune go inside. one, he says, i said nice things about apple on air. two, abc's owned by disney and bob iger sits on the board. the steve jobs trust is disney's largest share holder or four t amle enjoys nightline.

it doesn't matter why abc was chosen because he will write the story the way he sees fit but it's history in the making. deadlines set by congress for the white house to hand over all of the solyndra documents expires today. the white house did turn over a number of documents over the weekend. some of the same politicians from the house committee have sent a letter to the federal trade commission asking it to launch an investigation into google's privacy practices. washington has been taking a strong interest after a series of missteps by several companies. it's like they are caring washington to crack down. >> thanks. 5:26. still ahead new details on the search for the freed freak killers. >> a building about to go up for sale. all the details up next. >> and we've got a nice warming trend before showers move back

in this weekend. we'll take you through both forecasts, the rain and the sunshine, coming up. >> as we drive highway 24 it's a smooth drive from the lafayette side all the way through the caldecott tunnel. i'll show you other bay area choke points that could be an issue coming up.

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>> reporter: i'm bob redell live in san jose. mount pleasant high trying to figure out who would scrawl swastikas and hate messages in their classrooms. >> greece gets its latest bailout. what does it mean for the california economy? we'll take a look. >> and gas prices $4 a gallon and counting. how high will it go? i'll tell what you the experts have to say coming up. >> a live look outside oakland 880 right there, traffic starting to fill up a little bit on the southbound traffic. guess what, you don't have to be in rio de janeiro to get into fat tuesday. let the magic flow. it's tuesday, february 21,

"today in the bay." >> we've got the magic flowing in the studio today. >> absolutely. >> it is just about 5:30 on this tuesday, i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. we check in with meteorologist christina loren to find out how nice it's going to be if we want to shake our groove things on the street. >> not as nice as mike inouye's collection of beads this morning. good morning to you. hopefully you're off to a good start this morning. we certainly are. we've got a gorgeous day shaping up and this is one of about four days that we're going to see consecutively with temperatures near 70 degrees. so we're going to get a warm-up before the showers move back in. i'll tell you when we expect those first 5:30. let's check the drive with mike. >> i earned everyone of those beads, by the way. san mateo bridge, we see with the headlights from the

peninsula no more problems, nothing on the shoulder. the earlier accident took time for the second vehicle to clear but now all lanes approaching just fine. the westbound side with the taillights, i saw slowing over the last five to seven minutes but it's smoothed out. no problems to the peninsula. a live look shows you the bay bridge a little blurry but that's our focus, our lens. the road moving all right. the lanes shifted after the weekend work. a gentle curve, stick to your lanes. >> thank you. >> artistic out there. thanks. this morning students returning to a san jose school tagged with racial slurs and images so offensive we have chosen not to show them. crews worked to cover up all of the graffiti. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. we understand it's been wiped up and painted over. you know, the administrators didn't have a problem with the graffiti. they were letting students write

good-bye messages on the walls since it will be demolished to make way for a new building. they did not intend this fun activity to turn out like this. you're looking inside the classroom tagged with hate messages here. someone used a black marker to scrawl on the door and walls, several swastikas and racial slurs. >> they shouldn't be doing it. i don't know why that person wrote that, you know, that hurts a lot of people. >> reporter: the district says it did remove the graffiti as soon as possible as i mentioned. they say if a student was behind this he or she could be suspended or expelled. a non-student will be reported to police. reporting live, san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> the european union reached a deal to bail out greece to the tune of $170 billion.

details are still being worked out but eu leaders say they know greece needs the package to avoid a devastating default next month. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew is in the newsroom. why should americans care? >> saving greece at least temporarily saves europe and europe is america's largest trading partner. california alone, we sell europe five times as much stuff as we do to latin america. any one involved in making something in america should be relieved to see these pictures of european officials after they stayed up all night working out a deal. it's temporary, greece has major problems ahead but today's bail-out means degrees will make its latest debt payment and avoid default. wall street will get back to work. we're under 13,000 on the dow. and the good news could be enough to push the industrials

over 13 k, does that mat tear the average american, no, but it's fun to hit that. we hit it before. it's like the odometer rolling over. fun to watch. >> good insight. thank you. >> new information in that gruesome search for victims of the so called speed freak killers. now there is a third partner. sherm an tine pointed investigators to a well at an abandoned cattle ranch where more than 1,000 human bones have been found last week. searchers were still checking a second well when he made the latest claim of a fird one. >> tonight the city council will decide the future of the historic downtown post office on hamilton avenue. the building is expected to be sold as part of the plan by the u.s. to consolidate branches.

a smaller post office will replace it. the pub slick invited to tonight's meeting to talk about the sale. >> the next time you head to the gas station, the gas pumps will likely sport $5 a gallon. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live with the reasons why there is no end in sight. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's not even that easy to get into this gas station. hagenburger road is under construction, there are fences along the road but people are making their pay in. it's under $4 a gallon. around at the shell station the price is more in line with what you're likely to find. prices are up about 40 cents from a year ago. analysts are looking at a couple of things.

they say there are geo political issues in the middle east, investors and speculators are buying, and a number of retineries are closing, frustrated commuters say station hopping is the way to go. >> normally when i leave, because i'm from south san francisco. i go to the costkorks normally the cheapest so far. and yeah, everywhere else i go, especially if you are trying to get gas right off the freeway, it's 25, 30 cents more expensive. >> reporter: here's what it looks like in oakland. $4.03, san francisco, $4.08, san jose, 4.03. dts for now they don't think it will hit five bucks a gallon. live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you for that painful

reality. it is 5:36. let's talk weather. a warm-up in store for us. >> yes, you can save on your february heating bill. that's the good news. we're going to see comfortable conditions. you can give that heater a break. as of 9:00 a.m. mitt morning, in the upper 50s and low 60s in some 70s. we have some fog. in the northbound visibilities down to a quarter mile and we are dropping off a little bit in places like novato, even san jose we'll let you know as soon as possibility goes below 3 miles in san jose. the winds are getting to be on the strong side and will continue to pick up throughout the day. breezy, sunny and 60s and 70s. today is the kickoff of a warming trend that starts to heat up as we head through thursday and friday, getting even warmer. up to 62 by noon inland. at 60 degrees in the city at

noon today. and 59 in places like half moon bay and pacifica. home from work you don't need the heater. enjoy 65 degrees at 4:00 p.m. inland. we have rain on the way. we're not clear of those showers. eel tell you in your seven-day forecast. first let's get you out the front door. >> we'll take you to slow spots. no major incidents, no accidents blocking lanes but we have a good flow of traffic. three sections we're feeling slowing. the earlier one, then around the isabelle interchange and over off to the left side of your screen at the dublin. we'll track these because it means more folks heading through the area. could be an issue early in the commute. it is for antioch as well. we're down to below 20 miles an hour all the way from, to l, but bay point is holding up with 62. over the last few minutes

slowing northbound 680 across the venecia bridge. we're looking for any slow downs. a nice flow towards the east shore freeway. back to you. >> mike, thanks. 5:39. a held warning for baby-boomers. details still ahead. >> a week away from the michigan primary and rick santorum leading. we'll have a live report on the race for president. >> we all know alto's jeremy lin is drawing guards to madison square garden. it's who is in the stands coming up. >> for the latest news action traffic and all sorts of good thing. coming over to facebook at nbc bay area.

>> welcome back at 5:41. thousands of protesters are

demonstrating outside a major coalition base in afghanistan. they are angry over allegations several korans were improperly disposed of allegedly involving forces north of kabul. general john allen who commands all coalition forces in afghanistan says it was not intentional and he is apologizing. >> my apologies to the president of afghanistan, my apologies to the government of the islamic republic of afghan afghan, and most importantly, my apologies to the noble people of afghanistan. >> the u.s. helicopters tried to break up the crowds by releasing flares. >> personal belongings thought to be lost during japan's tsunami and earthquake are still being returned to owners. the small group sifting through photos each picture is being cleaned of mud, dirt and oil. so far thousands have been returned to the rightful owners. rescue workers handed over the

photos while searching through the rubble. >> there is one week before rick santorum still leading home state candidate mitt romney in the polls. tracie potts is live in washington now. she has more on whether santorum's eyebrow raising comments can help the romney campaign. good morning. >> good morning. president obama with a phony theology, that's what he said, and that's what rick santorum is defending on the campaign trail. he would rather be talking about his front-runner status. i looked at a couple poll this is morning from sunday and monday, that essentially show him tied with romney or romney up by a couple of points within the margin of error so we'll watch that to see if there is some movement in this last week. they only have a week to go before this all important michigan primary. santorum last night tried to refocus away from his controversial comments on energy in a campaign stop he talked about president obama and energy

production, he says the president is trying to prevent energy production. the obama administration realizing this is a challenge, looking at experts saying $4 a gallon by memorial day. the administration i should say announced they are working with mexico to do drilling in the gulf. the other issue fundraising. we now have numbers from last m. $6.5 million by romney, $5.5 million by gingrich and both super pacs raised more than the candidates themselves. >> wow, those are interesting, trac tracie. >> fresh men at one college could win four years of tuition. the dean of the university of new haven in connecticut's business school will give four lucky students free tuition, $120,000 value. all they have to do is come wake-up a creative business idea that will win him over. the dean was a former executive for mastercard before heading up the business department. the contest closes at the end of

the month. >> that's a great contest. get that education taken care of. 5:44 now. we check in with christina loren. >> it's going to be nice today. set it on auto pilot. temperatures in the 70s, lots of sunshine, tranquil conditions overall. we've got showers at the end of the seven-day. i'll get to that. right now we're watching the shot of the golden gate bridge starting to drop off in visibility. noticing pockets of fog developing. we did pick up moisture yesterday so of course not out of the question to see the fog develop. but it's so breezy i don't think we're going to see much that does develop will likely burn off. you can see your temperatures are on the mild side in san francisco. a little chilly in the east bay, 41 in livermore. by noon under strong high pressure and the dry northerly downsloping winds we're talking about the low 70s inland and the

mid-60s at the coast. temperatures sky rocketing as we head into this afternoon from yesterday's highs. up by 10 to 15 degrees. you will notice that difference. 70 in the almaden valley. 70 in places like concord. 69 even in san jose and livermore. staying very warm for wednesday, thursday 74 degrees, nice and comfortable. then this weekend things cool down, a few more clouds and showers up in the north bay sunday into monday. i think monday we'll see a few light showers over the greater bay area. let's check your drive. >> we'll take folks down to the south bay. a nice drive if you're getting out of the south bay. coming in flew the south bay, we're looking at a smooth flow north out of morgan hill. i want to get out of the way so you can see this. dewitt avenue near edmundson avenue. early morning reports of an accident. a car went in a pole.

pg&e was going to check it out. it's on edmundson near dewitt. edmundson over toward 101 where it looks like it turns into tenant and now that road and on ramp are not affected. 4 house is through the area, might mean alarm clocks didn't go off. call them if you expect them to meet you. you might be waiting a while. looking at the lower bay shore. 280 across the dumbarton bridge, 92 also had an earlier accident on the hayward side. it took some time for the second har to clear but it has. westbound, over to the peninsula, 238 both directions through the castro valley y, early signs of that slowing and kicked in for almost, now it's 17 minutes focusing on the livermore commute. clearing through dublin. back to you. >> thank you.

a southern california teacher facing dozens of counts will be arraigned today. mark burns was arrested after hundreds of pictures surfaced of his students, the children were blindfolded and gaged. he is being held on $23 million bail. in the wake of the scandal the entire staff has been replaced to try and reassure parents. >> 5:48. baby boomers asked to get screened. health agencies suggest any one born between 1945 and 1965 they should take a blood test for hepatitis c, two-thirds of people with the disease are in this age group. more than 3 million are affected and unaware of. hepatitis c could lead to liver cancer. >> it's 5:48.

police looking for the people responsible for a string of vandalism. officers releasing this video of the car believed involved in that spree. vandals hit as many as nine homes and cars. using a device to hurl riverrock. >> san francisco giants closer brian wilson says he is right on schedule to take the field on opening day. wilson says he's throwing at about 75% intensity as he continues to come back from an elbow skrirry. he w was pitching last year with pain but would never use it as an excuse. >> i'll never ask to come out of a game. you're going to have to physically take me off. that means i have to pitch left-handed i will. i don't care if i get injured. that's not how i pitch. i pitch to get three outs.

then i'll worry about tomorrow when i wake up. >> wilson appeared in six of the final 56 games last year because of elbow inflammation but is now pain free. >> manny ramirez has signed with the oakland a's. the a's signed the former dodger slug tear a one-year contract. the 39-year-old ramirez must serve a 50-day suspension at the start of the season for violating baseball's drug policy. he'll be able to practice but must leave before each game. he's expected to join the a's for the first spring training work out this week. >> not a lot of people knew who jeremy lin was. now the scnew york daily news ss lin started playing for the knicks, the crowd has been packed. paul mccartney was out there. eva longoria, kevin kostner.

also spotted in the crowd, fellow bay area native cc sabathia, jerry rice and ex-boxer mike tyson. hot kid, hot ticket. >> i love how humble he is. >> a great story for the nba. part of the all-star game this year. >> thank you so much. 5:51. fighting world hunger. the latest break through coming up. >> plus, tax day coming. are you ready? there are a few apps you may want to check. out out. >> getting your own motorcade. we'll show you how. "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today.

>> welcome back. it is tuesday, and we are giving you a live look at hp pavilion. the san jose sharks home. they are on the road for a 9-game road trip. sharks in need of a win. it's 5:54. >> it's tax season and if you are more tech savvy than tax savvy there is an app for you. h & r block and turbo tax have apps. they help you figure out what you owe or hopefully what you are owed, and with tax -- with turbo tax you can file from your phone. putting your personal information in cyberspace comes with a warning so your information stays safe. >> if you've got online banking app from the bank, even if your phone is unlocked they can't get in it. they need your credentials to log in. >> the deadline to file your tax this is year is april 17.

that's because the 15th is a sunday and the 16th is a federal holiday. >> you can file this one under the strange but true file. scientists may have discovered another white meat. during a science conference in canada a biologist says he's from the netherlands, he hopes to grow a burger, right, grow a burger in a lab by using cattle stem cells. the results, no, it's not red, it's white maext white meat stripped. the strips combine with lab grown fat can produce a burger. the question here is, does anybody want to eat that? >> not me. 5:55. the hacker group anonymous is growing more powerful and could soon be able to take the power grid offline. scott mcgrew, that warning comes from the highest levels. >> marla, no less than the head of the national security agency, keith alexander told the white house he expects anonymous will be able to cause limited power

outages in the next year or so, this according to "the wall street journal." anonymous announced it would make an attack on some target every friday to protest corrupt government. european officials reached a deal to bail greece out at least temporarily. it means greece will be able to pay its march loan payment. this could be good enough news to knock the dow over 13,000 this morning though walmart says its holiday sales were not as good as expected. you knee uber, a service on the phone where you can call a town car like a cab. in washington they had fun with. if you called you got not one car but three. a motorcade just for you. complete with pretend secret service. you beer was created in the bay area. cab drivers hate. all five of them. >> i want to call for a ride to work every day. >> i like the idea of pretend

secret service. it's 5:56. still to come on "today in the bay," cash strapped oakland getting ready to spend more because of a recent court order. we'll have all of the details. >> also the pilot of a small plane that collided with a helicopter outside of oakland talks about what happened. we'll hear from him coming up. >> we've got a bit of a heat wave for the bay area as we head through the next few days. i'll detail that for you, plus it's fat tuesday, you'll be heading out and about to celebrate. i've got that as well. >> the volume on the roads bulking up. we're seeing slow spots. despite fog in the north bay pr is not oblem. i'll show you where things are getting more crowded. ♪ ♪ ♪ don't stop doing what you do ♪ have i paid my dues just to be with you... ♪

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