those hov lanes could be a little more crowded on your way to work. that story coming up. >> a live look outside. city by the bay, san francisco. it's the first day of march, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. it's 5:00 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning everyone. i'm jon kelley. time to check win meteorologist christina loren. it is day one of march but sounds like day two of the winter like feeling weather. >> last day as well. we're going to see conditions greatly improved by about noon today. but we still got to get through the showers and the bitter cold this morning. 41 in san jose, and temperatures will continue to drop off as we head through the next hour. we do have light showers rolling through the north bay. that's it for the time being. we'll let you know when the activity will ramp up, when showers will clear, how much we received so far and what you can

expect for the all important weekend. let's check on the accident with mike. >> you're talking about the one over by the bay bridge. northbound 880, transitioning to eastbound eighty. up to berkeley we had a deadly accident about 3:00 this morning. it does sound like the investigation has completed and all lanes and activity are clearing from the area so. no more distraction for drivers, unfortunately we did have that deadly accident there and we're following this. i'll let you know if there are more details to report. as far as the traffic, we have a live look, you see a light volume. that's why things weren't held up that much. just the fast track lanes, the cash lanes as well as the hov lanes at the bottom and sparsely populated. we're talking hov and bob is out with the cool kids cruising around and bob, you see there are some changes with the trendy hov stuff and stickers. what's up? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. starting today, march 1, hov lanes will be open up to a new

class of solo drivers, namely, people who have one of these -- looking at the new green clean air vehicle stickers being issued by the state air resources board, for people who have near zero emission cars. not zero but near zero. right now only two that qualify, the 2012 toyota prius plug-in hybrid and the 2012 chevy volt. this program is not to be confused with the white sticker program that's for fully electric or hydrogen or natural gas vehicles and not to be confused with the yellow sticker program with hybrids that ended last summer. when that program started many complained because it dumped 85,000 new solo drivers into the hov lanes, the air resources board has learned this time around, with the green sticker program they are only issuing 40,000 stickers, this program

does expire at the start of 2015 but could be extended like the yellow sticker program back when it was up and running. you wouldn't be surprised to hear, there's a good chance people are going to take advantage of this. especially when you look at the gas prices. i want to throw these numbers up. you can see in the bay area we're averaging around $4.30, close to $4.40 in san francisco for a gallon of gas, an increase of almost 20 cents over the past seven days. on northbound 880, going through fremont, a smooth flow this early. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> nice traffic update there. thank you, bob. cal train riders finding out if they have to pay more for their next trip. there is a proposal to increase one-way cash fares. the increase aimed at getting

more people to switch to the clipper card system which keep payers at their current rate. >> the board will vote on a plan to fund a popular fee bike storage program in san francisco. warm planet stores at the fourth and king street station, however, the service is so popular it's gotten out of control that the center can't afford it. caltrain expected to allocate as much as $10,000 a month to help fund the program. >> police looking for help in nabbing a bank robber. this man entered the the bank of the west on california boulevard yesterday just after 9:00. the the teller handed over the cash and the suspect ran away. police do not think the man was armed. >> police looking for a man who harassed a teen girl in newark. it happened at parking lot at the shopping center on tuesday afternoon. the man approached the 15-year-old and tried to talk to her. she felt uneasy so she ran away but he followed her until she

went in a store. anybody who happened to see this incident should call newark police. >> investigators will get back to the scene of a south bay fire trying to determine the cause. this is an update to breaking news yesterday. the home's shake single roof fed the flames. all of the tenants did manage to get out safely. >> another deadly day for u.s. troops in afghanistan. marla tellez is in our newsroom with the latest overnight developments. good morning. >> good morning. a u.s. official says two more nato troops were shot dead by afghan gun men in the southern part of that country early this morning. this happened outside of kandahar, one of the gun man believed to be an afghan soldier. this is the latest 18 series of attacks following protests over the accidental burning of the koran. in the last weeks six nato

service members have been killed. >> after drifting at sea since monday the "costa allegra" has reached shore. more than 1,000 had been without power and proper food since the ship lost power after a fire broke out in the engine room. the allegra is a sister ship of the infamous "costa concordia." >> another emotional day in chardon, ohio, as the community comes together for a unity walk to school today. students and locals plan to march about a mile to chardon high three days after five students were shot in the cafeteria by accused gun man t.j. lane. three died. the school reopens with grief counselors on hand though classes officially resume tomorrow. prosecutors must officially file charge es against tj lane by the end of the day. they are asking a judge that he

be tried as an adult. >> lawyers in the domestic violence case against sheriff ross mirkarimi will wade through the jury pool. 100 filled out questionnaires. including eric mahr. the potential jurors are expected back in court on monday. no court action is expected in the case today. the judge will hold a private hearing to determine if mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend can testify. she filed a police report saying he abused her during their relationship. that has not gone to trial. >> accused killer joseph nasoheading back to court. he waived his right to a speedy trial saying he needs more time to prepare a motion to dismiss. the 78-year-old representing himself in his murder case, nasoaccused of killing four northern california women between 1977 and 1994.

prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. >> a retrial in the 1999 murder of former raider fred balitnikov's daughter on the stand. a jury convicted the defendant of strangling her but the verdict was thrown out in 2009 over misconduct by prosecutors. in court yesterday ali testified that he killed her in a fight, then tried to make her death look like a sex crime to throw off police. >> california's bullet train no longer speeding towards its groundbreaking. the obama administration backing off of a deadline to get the project started this september. that gives the authority more time to prepare for the construction of the $100 billion project. it was feared missing the september deadline would mean a loss of federal funding but the administration clarified requirements saying as long as progress is being made to getting the project underway the funding will be there.

>> where is the weather. christina? >> so far this weekend we've got beach-like weather. so if you wanted to hit the sierra nevada, we've got ideal conditions there and ideal conditions at our local beaches here in the bay area with a big time warm-up on the way. this morning we still have showers around. the bulk of the moisture sits to our north right now. moving south of ft. bragg, all of that moisture is slated to move to the south of the golden gate bridge. before noon. then throughout the remainder of the day temperatures will climb just a touch from yesterday's highs and high pressure will build in. that means the warm-up is on, it's going to kick the jet stream. for us we're going to see a gorgeous weekend so. a dramatic difference between what we'll see today and what we expect on friday. bright and mild, the mid to upper 60s, so if opportunity

warmth, if you want to wear short sleeves, you can do so. make sure you've got the winter wardrobe ready. only breaking into the mid-50s in the warmest cities across the bay so you need that jacket all day. you can get rid of the umbrella afternoon. i'll let you know when we get another round of rain, we'll tell you how warm it's expected to be in your city. a lot of moisture out there, i bet there are problems on the roads. >> you know, we're warning folks about with continued slippery conditions. watch those speeds. in the north bay we have a separate issue involving a big rig, it is eastbound 80. you see the sign on our map. out of fairfield through vacaville opposite your main commute but a big rig off the road and took some trees down, so there are no injuries put a lot of activity. there is slowing in the area.

westbound your commute direction moves smooth out of vacaville in to the carquinez bridge. coming from the north bay into the east bay and down 880, a nice light easy drive but watch those transition spots. >> thanks, mike. former nasa astronaut is in san jose to kick off the opening of the new exhibit at the tech muse museum. dan spent more than 200 days orbiting the earth. he is here to talk about destination station. the exhibit runs through april 15. >> very nice. this one's one of those milestone birthdays. a teen celebrating her sweet 16 by giving to others. molly hosting a blood drive because she said strangers saved her life when he was a toddler. at 17 months she was run over by a car and lost half of her

blood. tran fusions helped save her life and recover. today's drive will be at noon outs travel to go near clayton. >> start your engines. the winner of nascar's biggest race is in the bay area. matt kenseth will take a swin around san francisco. on monday he won the daytona 500. today he is going to trade in his nascar for a cable car, rev it up. going to ride the car to the square. i don't know how fast he's going to go. >> it starts at 10:45. >> it is 5:12. a new warning before you head to the coast. details up next. >> a couple of airlines that could affect you. >> a fire hydrant explodes at a busy south day yrs howon we'll tell youow things are

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>> some pretty impressive cell phone video sent in by a viewer. check it out. a fire hydrant bursts in campbell. the intersection near hamilton avenue flooded yesterday afternoon while fire crews worked to turn it off. the leak was eventually capped and things appear back to normal this morning. >> drivers heading out on interstate 80 and highway 50 this morning need to get chains on tires as snow continues to fall. this is what it looked like in masser county last night. you can see the winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour making driving dangerous in some of the areas. more snow expected all over the

area. >> good news for skiers and snowboarders. you want to check the forecast now, christine has a look at it. >> a good looking forecast for the weekend, a couple of more cold days before we hit the 70s again. i'm talking about maybe 76, 78 degrees in the cities across the bay come sunday. san jose, about 76 on sunday for us. so comfortable conditions. this morning it's cold and we have showers on the way. we have a little shower activity only up in the north bay, that action will ramp up as we head through the next few hours. we should get a dry break, and it will stay cold today but we'll lose the rain chance. you can breathe in the clean air courtesy of showers coming through. you can see at 8:00 a.m. a few spotty showers across the greater bay area. but as we transition through the second half of the day, starting at about with 11:00 a.m., all of the showers turning. and by 2:00 a dry bay area. cool all day, 54 in fremont.

that's it for you. 52 in san rafael. if you want the warmer weather we've got that. you've got to wait a little longer. tomorrow on the cool side. 64 degrees. it's going to take at least one day for the cold air to mix in from the front yesterday. saturday to sunday, the warm-up is on. 73 degrees, the warmest day in the extended period sunday. you want to make outdoor plans, barbecue weather come the second half of the weekend. monday into tuesday things start to change. we'll get another round ever showers but you can see from the temperatures on tuesday this is not an extremely cold system. snow levels likely above 6,000 feet. kind of a spring-like spritzle. nothing heavy. partly cloudy, 67, warming back up to the middle of the week. there's a lot of ponding through the construction zone. mike has issues for you. commuters need to be on time. >> be cautious, right, because the rain may be over but the

effects are there. slick conditions. we have this issue, it's not weather related but a deadly accident on northbound 880 around the transition as folks were heading up. we had activity on the shoulder but it's cleared up. crews are gone and no further flop necessary. an easy drive as we approach the bay bridge and the toll plaza. we're looking at a wider view. kalt caldecott tunnel no delays. out of the east bay, a smooth flow but eastbound 580 slowing through livermore, no incidents, we'll track that. you continue way further east, bring those chains to the sierra. you'll continue to need that. san jose moving but a blip as well but more folks hitting the road that might mean more slowing. we'll look at the golden gate bridge, easy drive between the city and the north bay.

i'll track this for early slowing. >> it's 5:18. fed chair ben bernanke will return to capitol hill to talk about the future of the economy. what he says could affect markets. for details on that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn to jackie deangelis. good morning. >> good morning to you. the futures are a touch higher after stocks posted modest losses yesterday. investors were surprised when ben bernanke didn't give hints in his congressional testimony that the sfed thinking about more steps to boost the economy. he is back on capitol hill today talking to a senate panel. asian markets fell but european markets are higher. data today in the u.s. on unemployment, personal income and spending, manufacturing and construction spending so look for those. we saw the dow fall 53 points wednesday to 12,952, but the dow had a great february rising for the fifth straight month. the nasdaq which touched 3,000 fell to 2966.

united and continental will take one of the last big steps toward completing a merger when they combine their computer system this is weekend. the move later saturday morning and affect systems that handle ticketing, and frequent-flyer miles. the flight schedule is lighter on saturdays but united is thinning out to ensure the switch will go smoothly. airtran is adopting southwest policy concerning overweight passengers. southwest bought airtran. starting today the passengers which southwest calls customers of size have to buy a second seat if they travel coach. airtran will apply the policy to any one who can't sit in the single sweet the arm rest lowered. >> we want to warn awe beachgoer information here today, love is in the air. it's mating season for harbor

sales at point reyes national seashore. visitors are asked to stay at least 300 feet away and enjoy their romance. some parts of the park will be closed. the seals expected to stay through late june. >> thank you for that warning. an ultra marathoner will begin his more than 3,000-mile trek across america. john pile will start his run in san francisco. he's running from the west coast to key west, florida, to help raise money and awareness for the wounded warrior project. his journey is expected to last 83 days. i wonder how many shoes he'll go through. >> run, pile, run. coming up the raiders kicker doing more than practicing. new orders from a judge. >> looking for help in the search for life in outer space. the local agency that you could soon work for. >>y vles invearin silicony var

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>> oakland raiders kicker will spend the off season dealing with consequences of misdemeanor battery charges. a judge ordered the kicker to take 30 hours of anger management and substance abuse classes and perform 30 hours of community service. the sentence is part after plea agreement after his arrest for shoving a woman at a nightclub back in 2010. he was also ordered to stay away from the woman. >> bay area scientists need help for the search for alien life. they need help sorting through the signals from outer space. the institute has created a public search site to let volunteers track telescope data. the city needs hundreds if not thousands of volunteers to help

them sort through all of the radio noise. >> technology is taking over the living room, kitchen, scott says the next target is your car. >> good morning. intel will launch a fund to encourage start-ups to develop devices for cars and of course use intel chips inside those. everything from voice recognition to eye tracking, traffic reports, internet access. intel says it's going to open a technology center in germany. i say weird because german automakers put their research center in northern california. volkswagen, audi, work on the future of german cars in belmont. wednesday, apple became the sixth company in american history worth more than $500 billion. this morning as you can see, the company on the cusp of 25 billion apps downloaded at the app store.

25 billion gets a $10,000 app gift card. the camera developed at stanford can take pictures you can focus on later. it went on sale wednesday for $399. so even 5, 10, 15 years after you take the picture you can change where the camera took the focus. i know i have been doing this job a long time when i can remember the developer of that came camera was a student at stanford. a long time. >> thanks for admitting it. >> 5:26. still to come on "today in the bay" after 26 years a northern california family getting closure. we'll hear from the parents of one of the victims of the speed freak killers next. >> in a few hours some uc-berkeley students and faculty go on strike for affordable education and they are marching to downtown oakland. i'll tell you about their plans.

>> a cold start, showery conditions but we warm you up into mid-70s as of sunday. a lot to talk about. your full forecast on the way. >> we're looking at a nice drive for 880 coming out of the south bay. while you were sleeping folks in the north bay might have had power taken out. ♪

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the new batman movie. gotham city. it is guess what, friday eve, thursday, the first day of march, "today in the bay." >> good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. time 30 clock now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. we check in with meteorologist christina loren. based on that shot it looks mysterious, dark and sexy but cold. >> cold and sexy this morning. that's your forecast. no, it's actually really cold. we've got showers out there, you need to make sure you bundle the little ones up. give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination. the the only showers are in the north bay. that front will slide south over the next three or four hours. so, that means slick conditions. we have a lot of aftermath from yesterday's round of rain. and speaking of which some slowdowns this morning. hey, mike. >> there might be standing

water, maybe some slick roads. also overnight gusty winds you talked about the north bay, maybe leftover rain. highway 128 at cloverdale, between cloverdale and boonville there is a closure because of low hanging wires. pg&e is on the scene. so far 101 is open. it's just getting there, that's the issue. further south novato some slowing for 37 earlier but that has cleared up we'll get you a wider look at the commute coming up. >> protesters will be back on a campus this morning part after statewide day of action over budget cuts to higher education. christie smith live at cal with the message being sent to sacramento. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. you know, students feel like they have had success with this before so. they are back at it again starting at 7:30 this morning. which is pretty early for students but they are going to start at california hall where they say a lot of the decision

makers work. it's not just students but faculty, community members and others much like this day of action from back in november. this is video from san jose state. the issue again, the number one issue, the cost of education. they say they refuse to accept massive tuition hikes and outrageous student loan debts while banks and corporations make big profits. occupy cal is teaming up with other colleges and really this is going on up and down the state. happening for the next few days. here there will be a noon time rally, then at 12:45 they are marching to oakland city hall. and then this leads up to what they call the 99-mile march to sacramento. over potential cuts to education. that's on monday. the big push, they say, to see millionaires and banks pay more for education. reporting live at uc-berkeley, christie smith, "today in the

bay." >> after 26 long years of waiting the parents of a murdered woman bringing their daughter's body home. >> we just cried. that we're finally bringing her home. >> 16-year-old chevy wheeler vanished in 1985. she was a victim of the speed freak killers. this week her parents traveled to stockton to retrieve her remains. tonight they will hold a private memorial with their daughter's friends and family. afterwards they will bring her urn back to the new home in tennessee. >> we never gave up to find her, we looked and we looked and we wanted to find her so bad. >> convicted killer wesley shermantine directed investigators to where wheeler's body was buried. wheeler's parents say they are not buying it. >> it is 5:33 now.

a peninsula special ed teacher accused of physically abusing her students is expected in court this morning. alexa will be arraigned on nine misdemeanor charges including child endangerment, accused of twisting a student's wrist and kicking a child in the stomach. she is on administrative leave. >> in the meantime t redwood city school district says it will discipline six employees for failing to report that alleged abuse. an internal investigation found the employees knew what was happening but did not report it as required by law. the assistant district attorney says those employees will not be charged. >> google's new privacy policy eternally changing now starting today the company is merging all the ways it tracks you across google from youtube to gmail. scott mcgrew is in the newsroom and says you can limit what information company collects. >> right.

a few minutes ago we talked about with at the top of the show the european union announced that google's privacy policy definitely breaks eu laws. google has gone ahead with this privacy policy change as of midnight so it's been effective for about six hours in california time. but the eu this morning saying it breaks eu law of what google is going to do about that we're not sure. to your original question, do you want to actually block google from knowing about you? there are some advantages to google tracking you. if you search on google, say about the band grateful dead t next time you're on youtube you're going to be seeing gradeful dead videos. there are those who find it creepy. the best way to defeat this is don't log in with your user name when you use services like google search or youtube. you see gmail here. you have to log in when you use gmail.

even without your name google will track you but it's going to use a number. keep in mind if you have an apple itunes account they have your credit card number and know where you live. to see what google knows go to google.com/dashboard, enter the user name or pass word you use on google or any google product and google will be straight forward with you, laura, about what it knows. again, that latest breaking news is the european union announced google for certain is breaking european law, we'll look into that and see what google is going to do about it if anything. that will be interesting. thank you very much. it's 5:36. proud owners of a dmv sticker will be able to fly past. what you need to do to get that carpool pass. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to

you. the key to this is that they can go in the hov lane like we are now on southbound 880 through fremont, by themselves. as solo drivers and that's because the california air board has initiate add program starting today if you have one of these here, i can put the video up, it's a green clean air vehicle sticker. you can go solo in the hov lanes. this is for vehicles that are near zero emissions. right now there are only two that apply. the 2012 chevy volt and the 2012 toyota prius plug-in hybrid. this is not to be confused with the white sticker program that's been out there. that's for true zero emissions that are fully electric or run on natural gas, not to be confused with the yellow sticker program. that was just for hybrids. at the time when that program was rolled out a lot of carpoolers complained that it was clogging up the hov lanes

because it had 85,000 new drivers in the lanes. the resource board learned from that. they are only handing out 40,000 of these. today is the first day they were going into effect. the program expires at the start of 2015 but could be extended like the yellow sticker was. don't be surprised if you see more people moving into these zero emission vehicles. they get good gas mileage. i'll show you the latest numbers. here in the bay area we're in the $4.30 range. that's an increase of almost 20 cents over the past week. bob redell in the bay. >> rolling, rolling, rolling. 5:38. let's send it over to the nbc bay area weather center. meteorologist christina loren. >> don't get it twisted.

good morning to you. it's cold out there this morning. grab a jacket and hey, surf's up out at pacifica. we have our live reporter allen out there this morning braving the cold to show you these very large breakers. up to 17 feet and high surf advisory in place. temperaturewise right now, it's a little too cool to go surfing. 49 in oakland and 48 degrees in novato. as we head throughout day we'll see that situation greatly improve after the front passes. that will be past noon. so if you want to hit the beach if you are someone who has the wet suit and you brave those waters you're going to have better conditions in terms of safety. and better conditions in terms of the rip currents. as you can see light showers pushing to the south of clear lake, a little more action through santa rosa, staying dry south of the golden gate bridge. high pressure will push it out of the way and the warm-up is

on. for today a few light showers, through tomorrow bright sunshine staying mild, temperatures in the 50s. tomorrow we're back in the 60s. i'll talk about the weekend in my next report, out the front door with mike. >> out to antioch. we should see the slowing and we do. lighter than yesterday at this time. better weather conditions. that will help with your thursday morning commute. easy drive out of the north day and the earlier issue around merchant street. that's off of the roadway. we might see activity later. so far the road is cleared. the drive approaching the bay bridge, you're at the limit for these approaches. across the bay we're looking at 101 northbound with headlights right around caesar chavez. reports of a stall on the

shoulder. we'll track these. back to you. >> 5:40. making moves to curb rising prices and create yore jobs. >> plus, the new change coming to your local supermarket. aot dealt a major blow in their fight to stay open.

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>> 5:43 now. this morning president obama trying to cut through the gridlock in congress to solve rising energy prices and create jobs. tracie potts live on capitol hill where the president will be meeting with the top congressional leaders later on today. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: what do you do when you're having trouble with someone, maybe invite them to lunch, see if you can talk it out. that's what president obama did and now republicans are saying it looks like they may be able to work a few things out. in fact, after the meeting both republicans and the white house

called it constructive and cordi cordial. john boehner, the republican leader on the house side said he was encouraged by the attitude and tone. they have been at odds over jobs, spending, energy, gas prices, the keystone pipeline. it looks like they at least have the spirit of cooperation to try to work some of this out on jobs, a republican bill to help small businesses and help them create jobs. the white house says it's similar to some ideas that the president has. one area they are far apart is up for a vote today, this mandate by the obama administration that employers including those affiliated with churches, would have to cover birth control in their health insurance plans. now, here on capitol hill today they are voting on an amendment that says that employers would be able to object on religious grounds but it looks like that's not going to pass. >> thank you very much. >> three california political groups are suing their ex-campaign treasurer for fraud.

the committees say kindy dirky is linked to thousands of dollars in missing funds. durkee is facing mail fraud charges. since her september arrest several nonprofit and political clients including dianne feinstein accused durkee of misappropriating millions from their accounts. >> the u.s. supreme court could have the final say on shocking images the government wants on significant raet packs. the judge ruled yesterday that forcing tobacco companies to put images of dead or diseased smokers on packs is unconstitutional. the fda approved nine graphic images including a graphic picture of an autopsy table. the manufacturers sued calling it a violation of free speech. the courts agree so far. >> starting today the department of agriculture is requiring detailed labels on 40 of the most popular cuts of beef and poultry. those will list calories,

saturated fat, cholesterol, vitamins and carbs. you may not see them on the packages. stores are allowed too list the information near the meat counter. >> makes sense. you should know what you are consuming. time to check back with meteorologist christina loren telling us about a cool start. >> a decent day overall. you don't have to keep the umbrella all day long. you might want to keep it handy. headed off to work, a lot of us do, temperatures are cold so you need that jacket as well. by about noon, 1:00 p.m. we'll see mostly sunny conditions across the bay area. as we transition through 4:00 p.m., even more sunshine. 52 inland. by the bay 53 and about 53 degrees at the coast. at about noon. so temperatures are going to be on the mild side. let's get to your futurecast. as we head throughout the day we're going to see a little more rain activity through the mid

morning hours before w start to really dry out. fure ct tells the t story of the morning. we stop the clock at 10:00 a.m. you can see most of the action has passed through the north bay into the south bay. then as we progress we'll see clearing by about 2:00 p.m. if you need to get outdoor activities taken care of, walk the dog, take the trash out you'll be able to do so. you have to wait until the showers pass by noon, 1:00 p.m. throughout the weekend temperatures climb. get ready for a big warm-up. we're going to warm you into the 70s by sunday. today in the 50s, tack on 20 degrees in your city. that's where we're expected to end up. 71 degrees by the bay and 68 degrees at the coast. monday dry, a few more clouds and a few showers tuesday into wednesday. those will clear out quickly and this next system is a warmer system so snow levels will not be as low.

we won't see as much snow. if you want that fresh packed powder you've got this weekend to hit the slopes. let's check your drive with mike. >> you're giving the weather icons aout. traffic moves through the dublin interchange. it new problem but coming through livermore, 16 minutes and the 50s and 40s where you see heading to vasco. 680, no delays there either. south through sunol and the south bay, northbound pushing up fine for your commute. coming into san jose, 101, 85, 87 moving smoothly. no major incidents through the south bay in that northbound direction. 101 moves smoothly up through menlo park. through this area, slowdowns here start about 7:30 when the sun is in your eyes and the folks hit the road. 92 up into the city, 19 minutes, look at 92 and over the water for the san may bridge.

very calm, westbound with the commute holding steady. 880 off of that on the transition and through oakland. we have the limit. good stuff. back to you. >> thank you. 5:49 now. pot clubs taking a hit from a judge. some suppliers and patients filed losses after the government announced a crackdown a. judge became the first to become one of those suits saying the justice department can enforce federal drug laws. >> here's a cool deal. b.a.r.t. police giving the public a chance to see how they prepare for their work. today they hold a public training session at the police headquarters. people will have a chance to see what it's like to abmember of the department. bart will discuss its rules of arrests and give a demonstration

with a canine. another training will be tomorrow 18 concord. >> more than a month away from opening day but the giants letting us know who will be on the mound for the start of the season. >> reporter: it shouldn't come as a huge surprise that tim lincecum is street pitch on saturday and you can pencil him in for opening day as well. also good news on the injury front as freddy sanchez took ground balls and threw to first base. sanchez expects to join his team for drills on saturday. >> if there was a category for best way to find a lost camera, harness received an oscar shout-out after the award for best short film live action. george lost her camera on the

merced river. harness found it walking along the same bifr a few weeks ago. >> amazed that she's thanking me after getting an oscar. >> very cool. harness uploaded the pictures and went about trying to find the owner. he wrote a short story on a blog, then shared some of those. his friends shared it on cougle plus. har sesquicentennial one day he would like to meet her in person. >> coming up a bay area doctor eplace add man's thumb with his toe. amazing results. ceryolice staking out a bay are feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today.

>> welcome back. 5:53 now. a peninsula cemetery hit by thieves. this is so wrong on so many levels. 500 bronze flower vases were taken from gravesites. police say 4500 pounds of the metal with an estimated value of $5,000 were taken since the start of the month. managers are are estimating it will cost $85,000 to replace the vases and they have thousands more projects. >> an unusual operation at st. mary's medical center is called a success. surgeons transplanted a man's toe to his hand. mark stevens lost a thumb in a fan blade last year. his doctors said they couldn't restore much function to the hand but a prognosis his wife refused to accept.

>> we have a family we take care of and that's what we have to do and if we were going to rely on everybody else they would have settled for him being disableded. that was not an option. >> the surgery was successful but the next 48 hours are crucial, they need to make sure there is enough blood flow and no infection. it will be several months before it's clear how much function the thumb will have. >> ben bernanke is back on the hill. the former stanford professor helped push markets lower. >> because he was so positive. why when he says good things does that depress markets? he is hinting the fed may not keep easy money so easy forever so. the dow starts unwer 13,000. pulling the nasdaq under its magic number of 3,000 as well. we did cross 3 k for a littl while but we'll open at 2966. san ramon-based chevron, a gas

fire is not a health risk. the well has been burning for weeks. there used to be a flat form but it collapsed. no word when a relief well will be complete. the latest says one quarter of home sales in america are for foreclosed homes. the number is down but economists do not see that as good news. the delays not because people are paying mortgages. earlier this week more bad news about homes. nationwide prices fell for the sixth straight year, far below where they were in the worst of the economic collapse in 2008-2009. for san francisco down more than 5%. home prices in your neighborhood may have stabilized. when it comes to global recovery what is going on in your zip code is important to you but probably not that important to the economy. back to you. >> thank you.

5:56. still to come, the local lawmaker that could find himself in the jury in the case against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> some caltrain riders could pay more for their next ride. >> it's going to be a little cold and showery today but high pressure moves in quickly for the weekend and the warm-up is on. i'll let you know if your city could see the 70s saturday or a better chance on sunday coming up. >> your travels out of the north by moving smoothly. a tfrciyosctoelell tu about. land o'lakes spreadable butter with canola oil is made with sweet cream, canola oil and salt. just three natural ingredients. what's in your spread ?

>> big protests today at uc-berkeley. students will march to oakland and end up in sacramento. i'm christie smith. i'll explain coming up. >> will you have to pay more to ride cal train? we'll find out today with the