golden gate bridge on this wednesday, february 22nd. this is today in the bay. good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. 5:00 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jon kelley. we check in with meteorologist christina loren and find out on this day after fat tuesday, miss loren bearing gifts. she comes just making our day. >> yeah. it is not one of those days where you need the extra time due to weather to get to work because a lot of you did celebrate fat tuesday. you know what? we don't have any fog to report at this point. we are looking nice and clear all across the bay area courtesy of offshore flow. take a look at your temperature. 47 in san jose. 46 in oakland and 46 in concord as we head throughout the day today, easily hitting the mid 70s. i'm let you know how warm it will be in your city and when rain comes back into the mix.

with a look at the golden gate bridge camera shows you a very clear view of those lights across the bridge. also we cannot see those lights we had earlier. about a half-an-hour ago there was a lane being blocked northbound side. that right lane has cleared, smooth flow now northbound out of the city and up toward the marin side. another look at the other bridge getting into the city. the bay bridge, a smooth drive as well. no problems at the toll plaza. we are hearing about a transformer fire just off highway 101 in san francisco. i'll get more details on the location and let you know if that affects your drive. could be a big issue. 5:01 right now. another major stadium project could get the green light today in the south bay. the san jose earthquakes want to build it right near the airport. but "today in the bay's" bob redell is live with why some neighbors are saying, not so fast, quakes. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. you might recall that in december the san jose planning department gave the quakes permission to build a new stadium, a $60 million, 18,000-seat stadium right next to their training facility here

on coleman just across from the airport. well, then a resident who lives nearby appealed that decision saying the team has not adequately addressed neighbors' concerns about the bright stadium lights and the noise from the crowds. well, tonight the planning commission will consider this appeal. we've got san jose earthquakes' president here. good morning to you. >> morning. great to be here. >> reporter: what do you say in return to their concern about the bright lights and noise? >> we think we have a great plan for the stadium that addresses the community's concerns about noise and sound and also lights, while also giving our fans an ability to really cheer and root for the quakes. >> they wanted a dome. they also wanted you to do something else. you said it was financially prohibitive. what's the middle ground though to address their concerns if they live somewhere in that distance? >> some of the key things that we've done is we're not including concerts in the original permit and that was one of the few things in the environmental impact report that had a discernible impact. other thing is we banned

vuvuzelas, the loud noisemakers. we banned those at our current stadium and at the new stadium as well. >> staff has recommended you do get the permit. that means you would start work tomorrow -- not groundbreaking but moving ahead, 18,000 seats. do we have enough fans in the bay area to fill a stadium for socker? >> i think so. at that size, we had a gram last year at stanford, we had 41,000. i think 18,000 is a great size for us. >> best of luck to you. how you feeling about the season? >> feeling good. we'll have a great season. we open on march 10th and hopefully get our first win. >> thank you again. appreciate you getting up early. that meeting tonight with the san jose planning commission to decide the fate or future of the proposed stadium here is tonight at 6:30. live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." 5:04 right now. one of san francisco's main hospitals may miss a state dead tlin meet earthquake safety

standards. the san francisco examiner reports that's because of prolonged negotiations over the california pacific medical center's plans to build a new facility on cathedral hill. the hospital wants to move most of its beds from its four san francisco hospitals to the new hospitals so it can comply with a seismic safety mandate without retro fitting its four aging facility. the hospital must move the patients to the new building by january 2015. a reward is growing this morning to try and help catch the vandals who damaged a new school building in richmond. congress imagine george miller of martinez is adding $25,000 to the already $20,000 reward. it could take up to a half million dollars to make all the repairs needed. richmond police say if you happen to know anybody who was involved with this, please give them a call. 5:05. a south bay mom faces charges

along with her son in the stabbing of a 13-year-old boy. san jose police say this 42-year-old woman drove her 15-year-old son away from the scene near glenfirth and clear view drives. the stabbing followed an argumentyounger teens had. the mother and son both face attempted murder charges. today lawyers meeting for a pre-trial hearing for the sheriff who faces misdemeanor charges for bruising his wife's arm on new year's eve. this is his first court appearance since winning visitation rights with his son two weeks ago. new this morning, greece's financial future is uncertain yet again. less than a day after it gets its second bailout that's supposed to prevent it from defaulting on its debt. "today in the bay's" marla delez has the latest developments. >> reporter: good morning. in the past hour greece was hit

with a downgrade in the stock market. risk management company fitch ratings agency says it has downgraded its status to ccc to c. here's what this means -- the downgrade indicates greece likely won't be able to meet its financial obligations and even worse, the rating means default is highly likely in the near term. just yesterday the european union struck a $172 billion bailout deal to keep greece afloat and ultimately from filing bankruptcy. with this morning's downgrade, confidence among investors is sure to deflate and we'll have to see how it plays out on the stock market when the opening bell sounds a little bit later this morning. also new today, the shelling in syria has claimed the lives it would have western journalists. an american reporter from new york seen here, and a french photo journalist were killed in the city of homs today. the associated press is reporting the american reporter

was a veteran war correspondent. meanwhile, the attacks on civilians by the assad regime continue as the death toll climbs well into the hundreds in the past couple weeks alone. and more anti-american demonstrations in afghanistan today against the alleged burning of korans and other islamic religious materials. hundreds taking part in the protest today burning tires and throwing stones. this is all happening near kabul. yesterday the u.s. issued an apology for the reported burnings that took place at bagram airbase saying the military is investigating this incident. jon and laura? >> marla, thank you very much. the stars of a popular cable show returning to dublin today months after a monumental mistake sent a huge cannonball screaming right through the city. myth busters host adam savage, here wearing the black glasses, along with kerry byron will appear at dublin high school tonight, out promoting national engineers week. just two months ago the cast was in dublin apologizing to people in that neighbor after a stunt for the show just went haywire.

a cannonball flew past the target and plowed through several homes and through a minivan. amazingly, and very luckily, nobody was hurt. supporters of california's prop 8 will take their next legal step before the federal appeals court. not the u.s. supreme court. they will ask the full 9th circuit court of appeals to reconsider the arguments that led to a three-judge panel striking down the ban on same-sex marriage. the appeal's circuit could reject the request, which would likely mean the case will move to the u.s. supreme court. same-sex marriages will remain on hold until the legal challenges are exhausted. 5:08 right now. starting today an east bay food bank hopes local churches will help it feed the hungry during the season of lent. the alameda county food bank's annual lenten food drive starts today, ash wednesday, and ends on easter, april 5th. the food bank says while many christians do make the choice to adopt lent as a time of fasting and abstinence, some people

don't have a choice. local churches are asked to contact the food bank and get a collection barrel to help. >> got to help year-round there. 5:09 right now. time to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. she joins us in the nbc bay area weather center. going to be gorgeous in some parts. >> everywhere. 72 degrees even in san francisco today. we're looking towards a really comfortable day. what would make for a really comfortable summer afternoon? that's what we're expecting. yeah, we're still in the heart of winter. we are about a month away from the kickoff of spring. that's the 20th of next month. we're about 20 days away from the time change. we'll kick off daylight saving as we start out next month as well, on the 10th. 53 degrees in san francisco right now. you're at 47 in sunnyvale. good morning to you down there. little bit of patchy fog through the interior valleys. not a factor yet but we will monitor visibility all morning long. we'll see a warmer afternoon than even what we saw yesterday and it was gorgeous. we could have a lot of high

clouds. for the most part yesterday that was the case. today, a lot more sunshine, a stronger breeze, warming us up into the mid 70s. it all works out like this before the changes arrive this weekend. you're up to 68 degrees inland by noon today. making your way home from work, 71 degrees. little bit cooler by the bay, but not much. up to 67 at 4:00 p.m. great day to be in the city of san francisco. i'll have your seven-day forecast in my next report just moments away. let's check your drive with mike. folks, as i told you, there is a transformer fire we heard about in san francisco so let's get back out to the maps. the drive into the city from the bay bridge, not a problem. the approach getting off of the bay bridge is all right. but then just south of there, where 101 meets with 80 they both move towards the skyway and just off of there, duboce avenue at stephensvenson is where the reports of the fire are. sounds like 2,300 people right now without power but signals are the concern for the traffic

flow. 11th at mission as well as a little bit further over. valencia and may be affected as well. watch through that area. meanwhile, further south of there, san mateo looks smooth as well as across the bay for 880 and oakland area, construction through downtown has also cleared, guys. the america's cup sailing competition will be back before a san francisco supervisor's meeting today. the supervisor's budget and finance committee will consider approving several business plans with the race leaders. among them, development rights for piers along the city's water front. today's meeting will start at 1:00 at san francisco city hall. the race itself starts in san francisco bay next year. 5:12 right now. the federal government is looking into whether banks are hitting customers too hard with overdraft fees. we'll have details in a live report. plus, one of the men responsible for shaping sonoma

county's modern day wine industry has passed away. details next. taking bets on jeremy lin. vegas oddsmakers not looking at his game but now his social w does ashdaomarneia to play? we'll explain next. "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today.

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meteorologist christina loren joins us. we're not getting the rain but we're get temperatures off the charts. >> we are. we will see the return of winter as we head through the weekend and the start of next week. that's the good news but this morning, already starting out nice and mild. gorgeous shot here of the bay bridge. nice clear start. little choppy on the bay. as we head throughout the day today with some pretty strong winds out of the northeast. but it is those downsloping northerly winds that keep us nice and warm. so 46 degrees right now. that's your current temperature in places like san jose. a little bit of fog out there as we head throughout the day today, temperatures are going to be on the cool side to start but we will see the 70s later on. we do have some changes as we head towards this weekend. we are going to get some substantial cooling. high pressure's firmly in control in our weather pattern for today. that's going to keep us nice and mild as we head throughout the afternoon hours. so temperatures today warmest that we've had all year long. we have touched on the 70s quite a few times so far this winter, so that is saying something as

we head throughout the day today, it looks like this -- 78 degrees in morgan hill. 75 evergreen. 72 milpitas. 71 in dublin. 69 for richmond. 72 in san francisco. staying just about as warm for tomorrow. then things really cool off for the weekend. a few showers sunday, into monday. let's check your drive with mike. hey, folks, i want to give you a couple more details. we got more details on the progress of the transformer fire in san francisco. as i mentioned, throughout the northern mission district there may be some lights out at major intersections off of mission. mission at 11th we know for sure because of this transformer fire. crews are on scene. expect another 15 or 20 minutes until this is taken care of. hopefully that will mean restoration to all the homes. duboce at stevenson is where the earlier fire was reported. possibly affecting other signals

as well. moving to the san mateo area and 101 as well as 280, nots a problem as for a as speeds go. nice smooth flow northbound as well out of san jose. 87 shows a blip around kertner. we just see blips temporarily this time of morning. the earlier disabled vehicle hasn't caused a problem through livermore and the bay bridge toll plaza, very light volume. go there now if you want to go. well, if you can. >> all right, mike, thank you very much. investors hoping yesterday wasn't just a tease, hoping once again that they'll try and push the dow above the 13,000 mark today. for details on that and the rest of your news before the bell we turn it over to jackie live at cnbc headquarters. >> futures are slightly lower now. the dow briefly flirted with the 13,000 mark yesterday for the first time since may 26 how to

8. it was on relief over the greek bailout deal and on positive earnings from home depot. oil prices crossed above $106 a barr barrel. analysts are saying markets and the economy are better able to withstand higher oil prices now than they were a few years ago. we'll get one economic report this morning that's existing home sales. look for that. meantime the dow closed up 15 points to 12,965. the nasdaq slipping to 2,958. the s&p edging up to 1,362. meantime, government's new consumer financial watchdog is looking into overdraft fees banks are charging on check accounts. the agency says charges can inflict serious harm on consumers and it is going to begin collecting data to determine whether banks are gaming the system to inflate those fees and whether or not they're clearly spelling out how customers can incur those overdraft charges. americans are holding on to their cars longer than ever before. a study by a research firm r.l.

polk finds the average ownership for new vehicles is 71.4 months. that's nearly two years long than when they began track being the data in 2003. higher quality vehicles are at work here and consumers' concerns about the debt and the economy. back over to you. >> thank you very much. 5:19 right now. nmaho helped transform california's wine labels into eye catching pieces of art has died. press democrat reports he died monday. he was diagnosed early this year with leukemia. the richmond santa rosa printing and design company introduced the concept of the designer label. he was 78. somehow the kardashians seem to infiltrate everything.

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5:23. santa barbara assemblyman wants products like gad rate added to the list of beverages banned. the bill has already won endorsement of the ped cmedical community. they say the drinks may seem healthy but they're often loaded with high-fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners. the company behind popular games like farmville will not have to pay millions in taxes. the san francisco examiner says zynga saved $6 million through tax breaks thanks to a deal they cut with city leaders. san francisco agreed to provide breaks on stock compensation to prevent zynga from leaving town. thanks to this deal, zynga will pay less than $1 million in

taxes as a result of its ipo. 5:24. another competitor for netflix could launch as early as this week. scott mcgrew joins us. this one is close to home. >> this is comcast, it runs this tv station. it will launch its observe tv and movie service free to some comcast customers, basically those with some of the more expensive cable packages. everyone else will pay $5 a month. they call it extreme picks and it will have lots of older tv shows and some older movies available on your tv, your laptop and your mobile device. apple shareholders will meet tomorrow for their annual shareholders meeting with apple stock at all-time highs. also at an all-time high, pressure over worker conditions at apple's contract plants in china and the problem the company is having selling ipads in china as well. san mateo-based sony computer entertainment started selling this about five hours ago. it is the sony vita.

it is sony's latest hand-held game machine. and kim.com has been released from a new zealand jail. the head of mega upload was arrested on the request of american officials who accused mr. dotcom -- yeah, that's his name -- of enabling movie piracy. the multi-millionaire says he's ready to go home an see his family. >> well, i'm relieved to go home to see my family, my three little kids and my pregnant wife and i hope you understand that that's all i want to say right now. >> how have you been treated? >> i just want to go home an see my family. >> here's a question for you. jon and laura -- how much bail do you set for a multi-millionaire? the answer is -- none. he got out bail-free because that's how they do it in new zealand. >> there you go. go home and see his family, the dotcom family. little dotcoms everywhere. 5:26. still to come on "today in the bay," san francisco's district

attorney weighing in on the shooting of a homeless man by a b.a.r.t. police officer. details coming up next. and berkeley police release a timeline of how they responded to a homicide over the weekend. plus the suspect appears in court this afternoon. i'm christie smith. i'll have that story coming up. and we're still in the heart of winter but you might want to jump in a pool later today. we have a big-time record warm-up. through the caldecott tunnel things are movinbu het rtr ba ismoothly. but further back in lafayette, report of a hit and run accident. details coming up. ur communitie. america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories,

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will the san jose earthquakes be able to build their dream stadium here. city will let them know tonight. we will have a little preview coming up live. of course, it's commonplace that wednesdays are a little tough to get through but how about this for inspiration -- a beautiful picturesque shot of the embarcadero. christina loren has some hot weather to tell us about. it is wednesday, february 22nd. this is today in the bay. 5:29 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelly. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren to find out just how hot and wonderful it is going to be today. >> so funny using that word in the middle of our winter here in the bay area but that's exactly what some people will be complaining about later on, especially if you park in the direct sunlight. temperatures are going to climb into the upper 70s in many cities across the bay area and your car inside that vehicle

will be about 20 degrees warmer if you do park in the direct sunlight. you might be turning on the ac later on today. this morning it is cold. rain is on the way but first let's get you out the front door with mike. we do have an accident to report highway 24 westbound your commute direction as you come through pleasant hill. reports that the left lane is currently block. reports are that this is a hit-and-run accident meaning the person who did the hitting took off. anybody who saw any activity over the last few minutes off that walnut creek interchange, call chp and let them know what you saw but no injuries are reported, though an ambulance was originally called. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, getting a little more busy but not so crowded. but that will change. >> we'll just see exactly when. 5:31 right now. a young man with a history of mental illness will head to court today to face murder charges. the case is not only raising questions about the suspect's mental health but how it was handled by the system an also

how police handled the victim's call for help. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live in oakland where the suspect will head to court later today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. that's right, the suspect is expected in court this afternoon here in oakland. as you said, this homicide not only stunned residents in berkeley, but had many residents and even some on the city council questioning the police response to the horrible beating death of 67-year-old man outside of his home in the berkeley hills saturday night. we are also getting a clearer picture of the suspect, daniel dewitt, a 23-year-old former alameda high school former football player. neighbors tell us they like him but it was no secret at all that he had documented mental health problems that may have been neglected, according to his family, by a broken system. >> we've lost a terrific community member. he was a wonderful man. then we have this young man who's suffering from mental illness and not apparently getting the help that he needs.

and that is also tragic. and now he's a murderer. >> reporter: she's one of many wanting to know more about how berkeley police responded. police also released a timeline about what they did saying that at 8:45 dispatch received a report of an unknown person hanging out near the home. but at that time patrol teams were monitoring a coming protest in berkeley. at 9:00 an officer offered to respond apparently but that offer was denied. exactly why is unclear. two hours later a report of an attack in pro-gregg gres. the suspect was arrested 15 minutes later. the b.a.r.t. police officer who shot an killed a knife wielding homeless man on a b.a.r.t. platform will not face charges. the san francisco district attorney says the transit officer acted lawfully and in self-defense when he shot charles hill in july of last year. hill's death triggered several

protests during rush hour xhooun commutes on b.a.r.t. a still case is still moving forward against the officer. the state is moving forward with a $3 million fine against pg&e for failing to come up with pipeline safety records by its deadline. some critics say $3 million too small. the state initially threatened to fine pg&e $1 million for each day the documents were late. ultimately pg&e admitted there were some documents that just couldn't be found. the president released a new corporate tax plan this morning. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew is in the newsroom with the leaked details. scott, this really beats the republicans to the punch. >> it really does, jon. what president obama is suggesting is that the corporate tax rate be reduced from 35% to 28%. political analysts say there's little chance of any of this getting accomplished, especially in a republican controlled congress, because that would mean the republicans would be

handing president obama a major victory just ahead of the presidential elections. now in addition to the tax cut, the president's plan would also reduce a great number of corporate tax loopholes. here you see mr. obama speaking at boeing last week. did boeing pay 35% corporate tax last year? no. boeing paid no corporate tax last year. corporations are able to avoid american taxes in two ways and the president's plan would get rid of both. first, if they make money overseas, they keep that money overseas. for instance, hewlett-packard. hp is an american company based here but a lot of its business is done in other countries. germany's hp selling to the french. that kind of thing. we see none of that in tax. that would change under the plan. the plan would also get rid of many loopholes that allowed boeing to avoid taxes through declared losses. one company to watch in all of this is facebook. last year facebook made about $1 billion in profit. this year facebook will probably not make a cent in profit.

in fact, it will probably take a loss and get a tax refund. that sounds kind of insane, but facebook offered shares to its employees this year at very low prices and those shares will be worth much more when facebook goes public. facebook will get to declare the difference between those two prices as a loss. it gets to say, look, we sold these shares at 6 cents to employees, now they're worth say $40. we lost $39.94 in that process. we're going to call that a loss. if they do that, that would be perfectly legal. it's done all the time, but it would also mean that facebook does not pay taxes. again, this would be a loophole that would close under the presidents plan, laura, if he can push it through congress. >> it is so interesting to see how to all plays out legally as well. 5:36 right now. san jose earthquakes have one more hurd toll clear before they can start construction on a new stadium. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from san jose this morning where the one thing standing in the way so far --

neighbors. >> reporter: and the san jose city's planning commission. good morning, laura. tonight the commission will decide whether or not to allow the san jose earthquakes soccer team to build its new 18,000-seat, $60 million stadium next to its training facility here on coleman across from norm mineta international. in december the planning department gave the quakes the go-ahead but then a resident who lives nearby appealed citing concerns over the stadium's bright lights an noise from the games. neighbors don't think the team has adequately addressed those concerns. the team says it can't afford to dome the stadium as some have suggested. >> a variety of things, including designing the stadium with its open end towards the actual airport, banning loud noisemakers like vuvuzelas and also air horns, also not having concerts at the venue at least to start. all of those things together will mitigate the sound impact of the stadium. >> reporter: we did invite neighbors to come out and speak with us this morning.

they either declined or never got back to us. the planning commission meets at 6:30 tonight. staff has recommended that the commission deny this appeal and uphold the permit. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." it is 5:37 right now. let's check back in over at the nbc bay area weather center. meteorologist christina loren has a lot of good news. >> yeah. if you like the warmth, if you want to walk the dog later on today or even just take the trash out, weather will be comfortable. any of your outdoor activities accommodated by some really comfortable temps. talking about the upper 70s today. just about as warm for your thursday so if you don't get it done today, you got another day of abnormally warm conditions. as we head throughout friday, we'll start to drop off a little bit. then we really drop off this weekend, showers come back into the mix as well. we'll talk about that coming up. but for today, a little bit of patchy fog through intear yore

val interior valleys. warmer conditions today than yesterday by five to eight degrees. showers are on the way to the bay area. we need the rain and we do have that in your seven-day forecast. i'll get to that in my next report. today, 71 by 4:00 p.m. little bit cooler by the bay, but not much. you'll be at 67 degrees as you make your way home from work after completing a successful hump day. mike's here to help you get o work. >> we'll take folks out to the city again. we have traffic signals that may be disrupted off mission, valencia, duboce in that area. a transformer fire was reported earlier at duboce at stevenson and it took some power out. around 2,300 users, we understand. pg&e told us around 5:30 that would be restored. so far no confirmation. just off the central skyway you might have some slowing because of the signal issues we had earlier. rest of the area looking okay,

approaching the bay bridge from the east bay, highway 24 moves smoothly here, there was an earlier hit and run reported but it sounds like all lanes are cleared off of that walnut creek interchange. live look at sunol, 680 southbound with taillights over the hill into the fremont with a smooth dry into the south bay. i'll give you a better look at that in the next report. 5:39 right now. a republican politician under fire this morning after he called the girl scouts a radicalized organization. plus, the bay area saying good-bye to a successful college coach who mentored one of the greatest current players in the nfl. and community college tudents ut to a ath hi we'll have the latest cuts coming up.

tonight republican presidential candidates will be at podiums for the first debate in almost two months. polls reveal the race in

michigan is getting pretty tight. we have a look at how the debates will play in two important primaries. >> good morning. let's start with michigan. our brand-new nbc poll from this morning shows the two top candidates there, rick santorum and mitt romney, almost neck-and-neck which is interesting because of course this is romney's home state. but he has not been able to open up a big lead there. he a's ahead by two points which is within our margin of error which means this is a statistical tie. not so in arizona where the debate happens tonight. romney's got a 16-point lead over rick santorum so tonight expect the two to try to make their points to win these two states. rick santorum who has been surging in michigan, not so in arizona. then there's gingrich who's far behind, he's focusing on energy and gas prices. ron paul who by the way has got a new attack ad against santorum

that questions is this dude serious? talking about how much money they've been spending here in washington. >> got to love politics. thank you, tracie. breaking news right now out of argentina. a train cash has left hundreds injured. marla tellez has all of the updated information. >> reporter: good morning. the associated press is reporting almost 400 people are hur. these are mainly morning commuters. we are still waiting for the latest video from the scene in argentina. in the meantime, according to argentina's transportation secretary, a train just pack with people slammed into the end of the line at a very busy station in buenos aires. officials say the commuter train simply came in too fast and hit the barrier at the end of the platform. again, about 350 people said to be hurt. so far though no deaths have been reported. of course we will continue to watch this story and bring you the latest in our next hour, in the 6:00 hour.

>> marla, thank you very much. next, some outrageous and really ridiculous claims about the girl scouts. indiana state representative bob morris says the organization's agenda promotes communism and lesbianism and it is a tactical arm of planned parenthood. this guy must be out of his mind. morris is refusing to go along with a resolution meant o to honor the girl scouts on the group's 100th anniversary. >> my problem is on a personal level an my family and our beliefs. my wife and i pulled our daughters out of girl scouts because of my personal beliefs, what my family stands for. we have other issues that we need to move on to and that's where we're at. >> guy's a little extreme here. morris instead put his two daughters in a parent-run group, american heritage girls little flowers. 5:45 right now. carry-on contraband seized by airport security is actually helping states make money. we've got a picture of just some of the stuff the tsa collects during security checkpoint

searches, everything from swiss army knives, hand cuffs, even claude gloves. tsa gives the confiscated stuff to states which in turn can put them up on internet for auction. this month california had one of its quarterly auctions an made nearly $10,000 selling just some of that confiscated loot that people are still bringing to the airport security lines. >> maybe those gloves are just like the back scratcher or something to reach the tough spots back there. 5:45 right now. if you're suffering through those wednesday hump day blues, miss loren is here to tell us about something that might make you smile. >> i'm still puzzled about that. what do you do with that and where do you go to get one of those? we are looking pretty good. i guess the tsa now. we've got some cool conditions out there this morning but no fog to report at this point. we could see some develop throughout your interior valleys, altamont pass, fair game for a little bit of fog as we did have that moisture pass through the area early monday morning. as we head throughout the day

today, temperatures are going to be on the climb as these winds pick up. right now they're still nice and calm for the greater bay area but starting to pick up in the north bay. sustained wind speed at 6 miles per hour. 5 miles per hour nav tato. for us, talking about the warmest day we've had in months. warmest of the year so far -- 78, almost 80 degrees in morgan hilda. 75 in evergreen. 72 in danville. 73 degrees in walnut creek staying nice and mild right at the coast. 66 degrees at half moon bay. you could hit the beach today. you could wear a tank top in the middle of winter. 76 degrees by tomorrow. staying just about as warm. we'll get plenty of sunshine but start to drop off on friday. take a look at the drop-off between thursday and saturday, almost a 15-degree difference. you will notice the clang so enjoy the sunshine while it lasts and the warmth because things cool down as of this weekend. we get a few showers late sunday, into monday.

that will mostly be up in the north bay but i think everywhere will get a little bit of a sprinkle as we wake up monday morning. >> we'll zip right back to the city. heading into or through the city -- just off the central freeway we still have issues for power and for signals along the area. duboce is closed from elgin over to mission. that's just from 101 basically and duboce all the way up to market. use van ness. just avoid duboce at mission, that's the major intersection affected by the power outage. highway 4 looking all right with typical build coming over towards summersville, 17 miles per hour. construction will go on overnight tonight starting at 10:00. friday as well. they are recon figuring one of those off-ramps and that's an issue through pittsburg.

livermore, 17 minutes toward the dublin interchange with a tad bit of slowing approaching hopyard. jumping down to the south bay, northbound, no major delays or problems for speed sensors. just construction through palo alto, oregon expressway off to the side. this morning patriots quarterback tom brady is back in the bay area. unfortunately, it is with a very heavy heart. his long-time mentor and former coach tom martinez has passed away. martinez suffered a heart attack just yesterday. his health had been in decline recently due to complications from diabetes. he was in need of a kidney transplant and brady had actually helped promote the search for a donor. martinez leaves behind a storied history in community college sports. he won championships in football, women's basketball, and softball at the college of san mateo winning 1,400 games. >> absolutely he was a legend. and we will never forget the contributions he made here. >> it's a very saturday for us

all. tom martinez was really the incarnation of bulldog athletics. >> very, very sad. martinez had served as brady's mentor since the patriots' quarterback was just 13 years old. brady considered him to be a father figure. tom martinez was 66 years old. sadly, yesterday was his birthday. it is 5:49 right now. a new report shows young women who suffer from heart attacks are more likely to die in the hospital than men of the same age. researchers say it is because women under the age of 45 are less likely to show the common symptoms of a heart attack. many show up with no chest pain leading to a delay in treatment. that delay makes it more likely for women to die. health organizations argue there are other symptoms doctors should look for, including shortness of breath an pain in other areas of the body. 5:50 right now. more tough times could be on the horizon for the state's community colleges. revenue from student fees

declining this fiscal year which means 112 campuses throughout the entire state will have to make up for the $149 million shortfall. students can expect to see fewer courses this summer and staff layoff to try and make up the difference there. the state will also raise unit fees. all this coming as the number of students seeking financial aid has nearly doubled since 2008. turning to sports, giants pitcher tim litsikum came out but only for a few minutes, then went back in the locker room with the team's trainer. they say don't worry, he just has some general back stiffness, a problem most players deal with and he'll be just fine. he dealt with back stiffness most of last season. 5:51 right now. coming up, a new warning this morning after a bay area woman dies from using an illegal and dangerous skin cream. plus, a bay area federal court getting ready to hear a

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code. the law says infractions -- should be witnessed by officers or at the very least should be authenticated by a person, not a computer. suit was filed against the city of victorville in southern california. attempts to reach the company for comment so far unsuccessful. a san francisco federal court judge will preside over a series of class action lawsuits against facebook. claimants say facebook tracked, collected and stored their personal information, including their internet browsing history, when they were not logged on to the site. the suits will be consolidated under the title "facebook internet tracking litigation." it accuses facebook of violating the federal wiretap laws. no word on whether the court will actually hear the arguments. you know it is a big day when you have a tease talking about cory hart referencing sunglasses at night. that means scott mcgrew's going to be here right now. >> listen to that. ♪ i wear my sunglasses at

night ♪ >> i'm glad it's going out to cory hart. that is straight out of the '80s. i got to talk about the dow first, then we'll talk about sunglasses. it is not the first time yesterday the dow 30 industrials crossed over the 13,000 level. it happened back in 2008 and while probably a bigger deal to those who watch the markets very carefully here, some cnbc we taped, they make a big deal out of it, a cheer went up around the new york stock exchange around 8:30 our time tuesday morning when this happened. but it didn't stick. the dow 30 well shy of 13k this morning. honestly, the s&p 500 is a much better measure of what's going on. do keep in mind, none of this measures the economy. it is a measure of the markets. to cory hart. you remember a few weeks ago i told you google was experimenting wi google glasses, actual sunglasses you wear any time of the day that beam google results to your eye. so you look at a restaurant, it gives you a review. "the new york times" this morning says google is really going to sell them as soon as

this year. they will include a camera, earphones, gps and a 3g or 4g connection. we clearly live in the future when you can put on some glasses and it will tell how is that person or is that restaurant any good or where is the subway from here. >> straight out of "star trek." >> interesting. as long as it's not an x-ray. >> i'm still waiting since back in like 1972. >> one day, scott. >> you keep dreaming. all right. 5:56 right now. still to come on "today in the bay," south bay mom accused of helping her teenage son attack another boy. we'll have details next. plus, back in court. the domestic violence case against the san francisco sheriff is moving forward today. and we've got some of the most beautiful beaches in the country right here in the bay area and perfect beach weather today. i'll let you know how long this stretch will last coming up in weather. oh will you grab us some yoplait?

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new this morning -- a suspect in a weekend killing in berkeley heads to court this afternoon in oakland as berkeley police explain their initial response for calls for help. i'm christie smith. i'll explain coming up in a live report. a san francisco sheriff's trial begins this week. he'll be in court today. we'll tell you why. and decision day for the san jose earthquakes' proposed new soccer stadium here in the south bay. i'm bob redell. that story coming up. we give you a live look at san francisco, a beautiful shot this morning. just in case you're already jonesing for fat tuesday, don't worry about it. it is in your rear-view mirror. we have great weather on this wednesday, february 22nd, "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us