bus to descend on the state capital. i'll tell you why in a live report. >> plus, will they or won't they? the new rumors casting doubt on the a's planned move to san jose. >> a live look outside golden gate bridge. can you make it out on this monday morning, march 5th, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. 5:00 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm marla tellez. jon kelley is off. we want to get straight to the birthday forecast, it's her birthday, everybody, with meteorologist christina loren. >> as you're picking out your wardrobe, hopefully not the birthday suit, you want to dress warm. it's cold out there. leave your umbrella at home. you're breaking it out pretty

soon. i'll let you know when the showers arrive and when the 70s return. first let's get you out the front door, mike inouye. >> folks, we showed you quickly the golden gate bridge shot. let's show that again. chp issue add fog advisory for the golden gate bridge. visibility below 300 feet. christina is talking about fog off the delta as well. we'll check for reports from chp as the morning continues. look at this clear shot of the oakland area past the coliseum. clear as far as the view the as well as the traffic flow. speeds at the limit all the way to the toll plaza. >> thank you, mike. >> 5:01 now. state lawmakers are looking for answers about san jose's true pension obligations. today they will ask for an audit to get to the bottom line about the city's bottom line. bob redell has more on the investigation into questionable

projections. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. in a few hours a group of bay area lawmakers will come here to san jose city hall to request an audit of the city's finances and pension obligations. you'll be looking at a letter there signed by the seven state senators and assemblymen requesting the review of the past three fiscal years and all projections for pension estimates during that time. their colleagues in sacramento decide on wednesday whether to approve this request. this comes after nbc bay area's unit found that mayor chuck reed inflated the estimate of future pension costs by hundreds of millions, allegedly to strengthen his argument in negotiations with unions and workers that the city needs to cut back on pensions. incidentally, tomorrow the city council will meet to consider a measure going before the voters in june, if approved, would reduce pensions and force employees to contribute more.

>> the union city woman accused of killing her former classmate is expected to return to court. 27-year-o 27-year-old faces charges in the killing of michelle le. prosecutors say esteban killed le in a jealous rage. >> opening statements begin today in the trial of a man accused of killing a musician during a drive-by shooting. christopher manseenis is one of 4 accused of gunning down dewey tucker. tucker was driving when police say the men mistook him for a rival gang member. two other men tied to the shooting will be tried in april. a third man will be tried in june. >> three men accused of a triple murder after a tattoo party will

be in court. the three are expected to be arraigned in connection with the shooting deaths of three people. the men allegedly shot at a green ford explorer outside of a tattoo parlor. seven people were hit. three were killed. >> police are still trying to figure out how a santa rosa teen consumed enough ghb to kill her during a slumber paefrmt seven months after she died police don't know where the lethal dose of the drug came from according to the press democrat. she and her friends apparently thought they were drinking vodka but may have ingested a household cleaner that looked like vodka. police say they are still following leads but do not think this is a criminal case. >> thousands of college students want legislators to hear their voices when they hold a rally at the state capitol. marianne favro joins us with more on the upcoming rally. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at 6:00 this morning more than

40 students here at evergreen college will head to sacramento. some of the students already are arriving this morning, they will be joined by hundreds of other students from throughout colleges throughout the bay area, including students from uc santa cruz. they say they also plan to head to sacramento today to protest drastic cuts to classes. more than 200 students protested blocking entrances to the university and forcing most classes to be canceled. students at uc-berkeley also held a protest thursday and many of those students say they, too, plan to head to the state capitol this morning as well as students at san jose city college and also some students from san francisco. the students are going to be asking for two things, they want to restore funding to higher education but also asking for the 1% to help pay to make college accessible for all students. i'll tell you more about it when they come here with the bus coming up in a live report in about a half hour.

but in the meantime, back to you. >> thanks. 5:05 now. the music world is mourning the death of a guitar legend. san francisco native ronnie montrose died saturday after a battle with prostate cancer. he was 64 years old. in 1973, he formed the band that bore his name. he performed with some of rock's biggest stars. >> police looking for help as they step up patrols. people near a park complained about young people drinking and doing drugs near the entrance. if you see suspicious activity call burlingame police. >> major league baseball is disputing claims that the a's planned move to san jose is dead. the commissioner's office says quote nothing's changed. the committee has been beating, we were very surprised by the new york daily news story. no determinations have been made at all regarding the the a's

situation. on saturday the new york daily news reported that the mlb would block the move to san who sigh because commissioner bud selig could not get enough owners to revoke the rights. the a's general manager says the daily news story is just speculation. >> want to check the forecast now. no speculating. christina has the details. >> yeah. speculating we have a little bit of everything this week. good morning to you. we're starting out the work week with a nice dry beautiful monday. then things change tuesday. we get some showers just in time for tomorrow morning's rush. so, mike and i will be here to guide you through the showers tomorrow. right now you might have to fight through some fog on the way to work, especially over our local bridges. we're looking pretty clear inland, waiting on the fog to creep in which will likely happen through the next few hours. the visibility not too bad except for over the golden gate bridge and the marin county coastline.

throughout noon today, up to 60 degrees inland. 63 by the bay and 55 at the coast. so, it will be about 5 to 8 degrees cooler than yesterday with highs overall probably about 50% more cloud cover as we head through this afternoon. a few high clouds. tomorrow morning we get showers early, so we'll be here to guide you through those. i'll continue this futurecast, tell you when the showers clear. more importantly when the 70s return. first we'll check your drive. >> folks, we'll take you out to the highway 4, christina talking about potential for fog off the delta. we don't see problems for highway 4 or across the bridge but watching that. highway 4 at the limit all the way through pittsburg and concord and 680. we'll go south, then check your westbound commute. 14 minutes out of the altamont pass. no accidents to the dublin interchange. clear drive here for 680 through

sunol. and the castro valley y and the approach to the bay bridge. the incident at 13th cleared off of the reports as well as off of the roadway. and the east shore moving smoothly. a look at the san mateo. both directions westbound moving smoothly over the water a. clear view. no winds, at least not here. >> we like calm. >> parents needing to keep tabs on their teen driver can get some help thanks to an app on their phone. aaa developed on board to pinpoint where the teen is driving. parents can set limits on speed and curfew and they are notified if those are not obeyed. parents love it. >> he has not had a single accident, hasn't had a speeding ticket, any kind of violation so we feel it's helped in that way.

>> chef the st. mary's men's basketball team will try to take on gonzaga in las vegas. winner takes the title and assured a spot at the ncaa tournament. the other has to wait until sunday. st. mary's had a great season snapping gonzaga's 11-year run. a win tonight would be icing on the cake and would be the perfect birthday cake for me. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> she is st. mary's alum. >> proud. couldn't tell. >> 5:10. bay area fountain vandalized by possible metal thieves. >> and the latest bay area city talking about banning plastic bags and styrofoam. >> apple reaching an amazing mark. we'll have details in a live report. >> you can also reach us, the

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>> rise and shine on this monday. a live look at hp pavilion. calm conditions. we'll check the forecast with christina and mike. >> the warm weekend weather had people shedding the winter coats, heading out to enjoy some of the sunshine. in downtown pleasanton people spent sunday eating outdoors, walking the dogs. amazing. san francisco, people headed out to soak up vitamin d, the beaches were packed with families enjoying the surf and look at that. paddling out there. it was simply gorgeous. >> perfect. >> it was nice. you probably got to take a nice

break from the heater over the course of the weekend. hopefully you had a chance to do that. great news when it comes to your pg&e bill, not just for february but that's a good looking bill but this month looking mild as we have the 70s back in the forecast as of this upcoming weekend. good monday morning to you. thanks for waking up with us. you can see we do have fog. you want to give yourself plenty of time this morning to reach your destination. this live picture of the golden gate bridge shows you where the fog is the thickest over the open water bridges. one of the reasons why we have that dense fog is because we don't have a lot of wind. calm winds, clear skies, make way to dense fog. so, this morning, overall not bad. the situation will likely get worse. temperatures this morning are on the cold side. 46 in san jose. not bad there but you are at 37 degrees in santa rosa. rain on the way as of tonight. starting about 11:00 p.m. and then that front will slide to

the south throughout the overnight hours pushing this out in time for your morning drive. we meet back tomorrow we'll track showers on the radar. nonetheless, not anything too heavy. we'll see these showers come through. they will probably get the roadways slick. overall we're not expecting major flooding as we'll likely pick up .1 inch at best from this next round. however, that means more snow in the sierra nevada. we'll talk about how much. today, 60 at noon, 56 by the bay. and 55 degrees at the coast. temperatures really don't fluctuate that much until tomorrow. we'll drop to 56 degrees, then right back up to 64 wednesday, 70 by thursday, holding on to the 70s as we kick off the upcoming weekend. a time change ahead as well. let's check your drive with mike. >> right, spring forward. we'll hold off for that. you'll stay on time. for the south bay, look at these speed sensors, the northbound commute close to the limit.

no problems along the peninsula. up to the north bay, we do have an issue. there is an accident with bodega avenue. that will be an issue for local commuters. if you are on 101 through the area, no major problems right now. petaluma all the way to novato. we had an accident that has cleared and we haven't seen slowing there. a little blip at the 37/101 interchange. likely slowing for the interchange as they should. down to the approach to the city where we have a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge. that's the only issue. lower visibility. thick fog below 300 feet. no problems for the commute. across the bay bridge an easy drive. a light volume here. we see that the low clouds are blocking our view of the oakland area and berkeley but we see the east shore freeway. 880 shows a smooth flow past the coliseum. back to you.

>> 5:16. worries about the conflict between iran and israel affecting the markets. for details on that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn to jackie deangelis. good morning. >> good morning. the futures are lower, coming off the mixed week for the markets, investors point to ongoing concerns over greece's debt crisis, also china lowering its gdp forecast raise concerns that the second largest economy is slowing down. asian and european markets are in the red. oil prices slightly lower below $106 a barrel despite the shutdown of part of a pipeline near chicago. much of the focus on friday's jobs report. we'll get data on the services sector and factory orders. we saw the dow slip 2 points to 12,977, the nasdaq lost 12 to close at 2976. gm is expected to announce that it will start offering pickup

trucks that run on natural gas and gasoline by the end of the year. tomorrow chrysler will announce it's going to build the first production of its bi fuel truck in june. there are only 400 public natural gas stations in the united states. apple hits a milestone passing more than 25 billion downloads from its app store. the app store opened in july 2008 there were 800 apps, now more than half a billion out there. apple had been running a contest for the occasion. the person who broke the 25 billion mark would win a $10,000 itunes gift card. not bad. back over to you. >> all amazing stats. thanks. >> oakland needs your help finding pieces of a historic downtown fountain. thieves pried open the bronze sections early last month. the pieces look like basins and weigh about 200 pounds each. police are searching scrap metal

yards to see if they were sold as scrap. they are worth about $5,000. >> a peninsula city is without a police department this morning. millbrae police handed over control to the san mateo sheriff's department this weekend. the move is expected to save the city about $1.7 million this year. no officers were laid off, the department's 18 employees now work for the sheriff's office. >> 5:19. san rafael could become the latest bay area city to go green. city leaders will neat talk about banning plastic bags and home containers, modeled on marin county. under the plan, customers have to pay a nickel for a paper bag. >> 5:19. coming up a bay area court house trying to help the parents of young children. we'll tell you how. >> the ivy league schools that could now be cheaper to attend for high school seniors than state schools. >> an apple announcement. we'll take a look.

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>> good morning to you. welcome back. a live look inside nbc where it all happens, where the magic is made. 5:22. >> city leaders want to tighten restrictions on leaf blowers. new rules are considered for commercial gardeners and weekends for residents. that will get you out of bed. right now they can be used during certain hours, seven days a week. a proposal is up for discussion at tonight's city council meeting. >> a new facility opens today to

help take the difficulty out of court appearances for parents. a drop-in daycare center will open its doors at contra costa county's justice center in pittsburg. parents can drop off kids up to 12 years old for free while they are in court. volunteers from the nonprofit group kid dango will run the center and provide snacks, toys and games for the kids. >> wow. may now be cheaper to send your kid to a prestigious school than a state college. according to a news group, harvard, yale and princeton now thousands of dollars cheaper than state schools for middle income students. tuition costs have doubled at uc and csu schools. many of the pricey private schools have better packages which reduce tuition costs. >> business and tech, harvard grap and yelp ceo smiling this morning on this the first full

day of trading for his company. scott mcgrew joins us. >> good morning. the second most important day for a publicly traded company is the second day. yelp ipo'd friday. there in the middle ringing the opening bell. reminds me of vince. yelp jumped 64% in its surprisingly high initial price of $15. so, will more investors pile in today? that's the question. we'll see when the markets open at 6:30. the other stock worth watching is news corp., the publisher of all of the newspapers in england. the worse the news is for some, the higher news corp. stock goes. why, because investors hate the newspaper business. they think the murdochs may be considering dumping the business and they are happy about that. news corp. makes most of its money from tv like the fox network. looking ahead this week,

wednesday, apple holds an event expected to unveil the ipad 3, this will be the second major announcement fronted by apple ceo tim cook. as far as judging how apple is doing without its founder steve jobs, this is not the event to do that. unless apple announces something absolutely flabbergasting the ipad 3 is going to be a better tablet, better screen, faster, the ipad when it was introduced was a game changer but the ipad 2 just thinner and had a camera. that's not to say the 3 won't be great and everybody won't want it. it's not the game changing technology that we'd like to see out of apple at some point to say yes, we have this enormous future plan. >> we're getting spoiled. >> the anticipation. >> still to come, a homicide suspect in court nearly 30 years after his alleged crime.

we'll have details next. >> reporter: an unexpected witness in the domestic violence trial of san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. coming up i'll tell you who it is in a live report. >> and after a weekend of near-record warmth we've got another cold front on the way. this one will bring a round of rain tomorrow morning. i've got your full forecast coming up. >> in the meantime you've got to get to work, highway 24, an earlier accident has cleared from the roadway. tell show you what else is f thu on for the earmute monday morning. at toyota's #1 for everyone sales event. why? 'cause people know toyota's the best. toyota has the most fuel-efficient and longest lasting vehicles of any full-line automaker. plus, every new toyota comes with the peace-of-mind of toyota care, a complimentary maintenance plan with roadside assistance. so from camry to tundra, this is your chance to save big on our most popular models. with the incredible deals you'll find... ...you're gonna want to hurry in for this one. ♪ [ male announcer ] the great savings won't last long.

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>> reporter: live here in san jose with why state lawmakers want to take a hard look at the finances of the city of san jose. have that story coming up. >> plus, the east bay teen accused of killing his adoptive parents returns to court this morning. >> reporter: live at ever green college in san jose about 50

students are gearing up to head to sacramento to fight for more funding for higher education. that story coming up in a live report. >> a live look, that is the bay bridge sparkling off in the distance from our live cam atop san bruno mountain on this monday, march 5. laura garcia-cannon's birthday if i can spit it out. this is "today in the bay." >> keeps going and going. add a middle name in there, too. thank you for joining us. it's 5:29. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> easier to say lgc. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> please don't add, please. subtract. good morning to you. we're subtracting maybe 5 to 8 degrees from the highs yesterday

as we head throughout this afternoon. it's cold out there, we'll see more clouds to start. then the rain moves in as we head through tonight. i'll time those out as they move on shore as this is proving to be a light system but it's going to bring more snow to tahoe and rain to the bay area. we're talking about that first. let's see if there is anything that might slow you down on singo de march. >> we do have a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge. very low visibility there. we're looking here off the water for highway 4, visibility okay there from what we understand from chp. highway 4 kicked off, this happened about 5:20 so that's 10 to 15 minutes earlier that we see that amount of slowing. also livermore so westbound commute into the area that kicked off early. that may mean early slowdowns. we'll track it west toward the water. >> thank you. 5:30. two developments unfold in the

domestic violence trial of san francisco's sheriff. among them a start of jury selection. christie smith joins us live with what else is on the agenda. >> reporter: good morning. a number of new developments today including a name being called to testify that you might not expect. that is former "san francisco chronicle" editor phil gronstine may be called as a witness. and both sides in this case are saying that he could actually be a benefit for their case. according to the chronicle after phone records show that bronstine talked to a key witness, a san francisco sheriff's neighbor before she went to police, that's the reason he may be called. and also after she shot a video showing a bruise on her arm. lopez has since denied that her husband abused her and mirkarimi pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence

charges, also today a decision expected on that video from an appeals court, whether it will be allowed. and attorneys will question potential jurors starting with a very large pool they did of nearly 200 people. the stril trial is expected to about two weeks. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> san francisco police are looking for possible victims of an alleged child molester. kyle was arrested on suspicion of having sex with a girl over an eight-year period. any one who may have information in the case is asked to contact south san francisco police. >> 5:32. the oakland teen accused of killing his adoptive parents is expected to enter his plea. 15-year-old moses kamin will be tried on two counts of murder. bob cayman and susan poff were

found dead in their car on january 27th. investigators say frustration over the teen's recent suspension from school may have led to the killings. >> bay area man accused of killing a high school classmate 27 years ago will be in court this afternoon. steven carlson is expected to enter a plea. he was arrested in august accused of willing 14-year-old tina, a freshman in pleasanton and a classmate. she was last seen april 5, 1984. the body was later found along side 680. she had been stabbed multiple times. >> san francisco police trying to sort things out after what is described as a riot outside a mission district bar. officers arrived at 16th about 2:00 sunday morning after reports a large group was involved in a fight. no word on how many were arrested. the news comes as the city gets ready to issue the results of an economic study on how night life

affects san francisco's bottom line. the results will be released at noon. the city commissioned the study after a series of violent crimes outside and around nightclubs. >> bob redell joins us with new demands of the audit of city finances. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a little later around 8:00 there will be a news conference outside city hall where legislators will be asking for an audit of the past three fiscal years of the city of san jose and about their pension projections during this time. this is in part in response to an nbc bay area investigative unit report that found that chuck reed had overinflated the pension projections for 2015, perhaps in attempt to gain leverage in negotiations with unions and such. assembly man jim bell, thanks for getting up early for us. assuming you get audit request approved what would you like to see come out of this?

>> right now we're considering a lot of legislation in sacramento to reform pensions, and tighten up the fiscal accountability on pensions, and i think this audit will help us. it's a problem that's occurring all over the state of california, not just in san jose. so we need to look at san jose's books, find out if there's any things we can do to improve it and change state laws as necessary. that's what we hope to do. >> you are trying to help the city. is there part of this with what happened with the mayor? >> i think the way they go about making projections ought to be transparent. we ought to have an open process and established so we can truly see what the liabilities of the city are. there are serious liabilities and we ought to find out what the true facts are. >> reporter: you sim pa thoois thiz with a leader who he is in the position of trying to balance the budget and you have employees who want their benefits. >> i served on the city council

for 14 years and chaired the finance committee and i definitely sympathize with the mayor. we had crisis when i was on the council. it's a tough job but we need to get the laws straightened out. >> reporter: thank you for being up bright and early with us. we'll have a news conference at 8:00 on the steps of city hall. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. did you feel it at 5:36, we're getting reports of an earthquake in the east bay, it happened, struck moments ago two miles east of richmond. the usgs is not recording a magnitude but we're getting word of a quake that shook up the east bay moments ago. we'll bring you the latest once we learn more. >> students from college campuses will hold a rally in front of the state capitol

building. an update on the students demands, marianne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at 6:00 this morning about 50 students here from evergreen college will get on a bus and head to sacramento for an occupy education rally. you can see many of them are gathering and grabbing breakfast. we spoke with one of the organizers about the goal of the rally. >> we're asking the state to invest in education, overall it's an investment in themselves and i think that's something that our government needs to realize and really deal with is that education is something that cannot be cut and it's something that is so crucial to our economy and it's something that is an overall investment in the state's future. >> reporter: the student body funded this trip so all of the students here do not have to pay to go to sacramento. they wanted to give them an incentive to get up early to do this protest. and one of the things they are asking mor for is to restore

cuts to higher education, also asking for the 1% to help fund education for all people especially those who can't afford it. other students are also going to be going including hundreds from uc santa cruz and uc-berkeley and some high school students in san francisco. reporting live at evergreen college, marianne favro, "today in the bay." >> thank you. talking about the earthquake near el cerrito. we have reports it was 4.3. you have more information? >> yeah, one mile north of el cerri cerrito, 4.3, no reports of damage yet. but as you know, those will slowly trickle in the there are reports. we'll let you know as we get that information throughout the morning. i'll have a map ready. right to your weather forecast now, grab your jacket, leave your umbrella at home. but temperatures are cold and we've got an area of low pressure that's going to bring us showers through tonight.

the area of slp going to bring a weak front through the area that's going to kick up the winds which are still rather calm but those winds will be gusty. starting at about noon today. there is a wind advisory through tonight for your higher elindications, the east bay hills and the north bay mountains. the timing of the showers, at 5:00 a.m. the front arrives between 2:00 and 5:00. you'll get shower activity between 2 and 3, the front will slide to the south between 3 and 4 along the peninsula, then will end up over the south bay at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. you might have to fight through some showers on the way to work toe tomorrow. not the case today. we have fog out there but it's not too bad. mostly in the north bay down along the open water bridges. we wanted to let you know about that work, 5:33, one mile north of el cerrito. a pretty good sized shaker. we'll have more information as

it comes in. let's check your drive. >> along those lines talking about that earlier earthquake, now we're getting details on specifics but you told us it's near el cerrito. and also along those lines we don't have confirmation of b.a.r.t. after any earthquake we do shut down temporarily, quickly, what they do is a quick check. it's about ten minutes. we haven't gotten word but no delay over the next half hour. out to the golden gate bridge we'll look at another issue. you'll have to slow because of the fog, very dense fog across this bridge. below 300 feet from what chp says. light for right now. we'll look at the maps and show you the travel into the city, the bay and the golden gate bridge. san mateo bridge is smooth. back to you. >> thank you, we're getting word that the earthquake was downgraded a bit to a 4.0.

but close to el cerrito at 5:33. right now it's 5:40. israel's president here for the first time ever. >> firefighters trying to figure out if a weekend fire is the result of arson. >> a judge looking at the stadium deal in santa clara, why it could set construction back by months. hey guys, breakfast!

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>> welcome back everybody. 5:43. for the first time ever the president of israel is visiting the bay area. security is tight this morning at the four seasons hotel in palo alto where shimon peres arrived last night. his four-day trip focuses on innovation and includes stops at google, ibm and the san francisco launch festival tomorrow. tonight john chambers will host a dinner for the president attended by silicon valley tech leaders. tomorrow perez visits facebook where he will launch his face book page with the help of mark zuckerberg. >> he's going to visit and

tighten up the relationships between israeli high tech and american high tech. >> in his only public appearance the 88-year-old president will address a sold out crowd at san francisco's temple emmanuel tomorrow night. >> israel's prime minister is in washington to meet with the president. tracie potts is live on capitol hill where iran's nuclear ambitions will be the focus. good morning. >> reporter: certainly seems to be. good morning. this is a ninth time the prime minister and president obama met face-to-face. when you have issues like iran and nuclear weapons on the table, israel seems to want to move on that faster than the united states. over the weekend president obama told aipac a lobby here that it is important for the u.s. to consider every option that the u.s. will defend itself if necessary but that we also need to make sure that we give

sanctions time to work. the two of them will talk about that later today. >> thank you. >> 5:44. super tuesday expected to be a super test of mitt romney's candidacy. the candidates are campaigning hard, 419 delegates are up for grabs in 11 states. romney has to fight in the midwest again with rick santorum in ohio. this weekend both focused on president obama, particularly what the president said about iran. >> too much loose talk of war. for the last few weeks such talk has only benefitted the iranian government by driving up the price of oil. >> loose talk of republicans? the best thing that could happen in the world markets is an iran without a nuclear weapon. >> if barack obama gets re-elected iran will have a nuclear weapon and the world will change. >> ohio will be a big prize, romney is now in the statistical

tie there with rick santorum, georgia has the most delegates, newt gingrich is predicting a decisive win in his home state and ron paul could make his strongest showing in virginia where only he and mitt romney are on the ballot. >> one thing we have, sunshine lately. this weekend was fabulous. >> it was gorgeous. hopefully you had a chance to hit the beach f. you did not we have more beach weather. we'll get to that. hey, you may have been woken up by a rattler. we had a 4.0 earthquake, 5:33 this morning. so not too long ago. you can see here very close to oakland so it was located one mile to the north of el cerrito. we haven't had reports of damage but if you felt it we want to know about it. post it. nbc bay area, we want to know if you had anything maybe fall off your book shelf. so far no reports of damage across the bay area. pretty good, 36 degrees in santa

rosa, 39 in napa, 46 in san jose so cold enough for a jacket but leave the umbrella home. keep it handy. you'll need it tomorrow morning. calm winds now, the winds strengthen as we head throughout day today and that front arrives. slated to bring some showers tomorrow morning. so all of us early risers, yeah, we have to deal with the rain tomorrow morning. we're not expecting a lot. probably less than .1 inch. this also means we're going to get more snow up in tahoe, maybe, maybe, six inches of snow. i'll tell you where. for today, 60 degrees by noon inland, 58 degrees at noon by the bay. we're going to round out tomorrow at 56 degrees, so quite a drop-off in terms of temperatures. keeping the sunshine wednesday into thursday, and back up to 73 degrees by friday. let's check your drive. we're going to look to the san

mateo bridge westbound along the flat section, reports of a disabled or stalled truck. we'll see how things are shaping up. these look like they are starting to bunch up. so there may be one main blocked. that may be an issues you cross the bridge. it looks like traffic continues to flow but i'll track this and bring you that update. back over at the approach, 880 on the maps, we see it's a smooth drive out of hayward and across the bridge. the disabled truck if you can might want to use dumbarton to be safe. we'll show you the b.a.r.t. system. after any size earthquake b.a.r.t. does a system check for safety sake. want to make sure the tracks are okay. they slow the trains down. it sounds like everything is moving smoothly. we'll monitor this and give you updates that b.a.r.t. provides. a live look outside. the oakland coliseum shot.

a light volume now at the limit from the bay bridge toll plaza down to milpitas. >> fire in the bay view district is being investigated as possible arson. the fire began at an empty home on oak dale avenue saturday night, then spread. 30 people in all were displaced by the flames. neighbors saw -- say they saw a ball of fire and then smoke filling their homes. one woman says if it wasn't for a man walking by people may have died. the katalion chief says fires in abandoned buildings is dangerous because the fire can burn for hours before anybody notices. >> the story about the bees for the giants coming up in a bit. but also police want you to know they are searching for a serial tire slasher.

police say most cars had more than one tire slashed. any one with information should call palo alto police. >> we're learning giants fan bryan stow left the medical center. he had been moved to a distant facility with an aggressive physical therapy program. so far the family has not said where the facility is, only that it's a long drive from stow's hometown. stow was left with severe brain damage from a beating after the opening day game against the giants last year. >> you plan to build a new stadium, faces what could be its final hurtle. a judge will hear whether the financing should be approved before construction begins. opponents say the $850 million construction loan is too risky. council members insist that residents will not have to should ter the burden of repaying the loan. if a judge decides no voter approval is needed construction

is set to start this summer. did you see this stranges in dhaent happened during giants spring training. because of these. the warm appeared in right field sending a member of the diamondbacks sprinting for cover. they settled on a tv camera. the game was put on hold while they used cotton candy and lemonade to get rid of the swarm. the giants won 11-1, it was the second game delay in two days, on saturday the game was delayed because of a gas leak. >> 5:51. >> 99% having an impact. we'll explain. >> plus the latest car company to decide california is the future of the automotive industry. >> i ti things about your neighbors.

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>> welcome back everyone. a good monday morning to you. can you make out the golden gate bridge in this shot? hazy there. coming off a beautiful weekend across the bay area. great temperatures will continue. we'll check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. 5:54 now. >> youth baseball and soccer getting into full swing. the growing popularity of year-round programs have some families rethinking the commitment. in the east bay a soccer club is trying something different. the founders philosophy is turn it down a notch from the three to five-day a week year-long competitive club soccer to two practices a week with a third optional practice. plus, there are no penalties for

missing practice or going on vacation. the new club is called east bay eclipse, it's in its second year. how does it compete on the field? last year 200 kids tried out, this year 600 kids tried out. >> chrysler is capitalizing on california by building a sales and marketing department that targets the golden state. the california office developing special advertising for our state and the company is planning special limited edition cars for california. chrysler's sales are increasing 55% to more than 50,000 registrations in 2011 compared to the year before. 5:55. >> the 99% is making an impact. the number of people using credit unions has hit a record high according to the national credit union administration. more than a million americans opened new credit union accounts last year. the total to almost 92 million. many switched from big banks to smaller ones as part of a nationwide protest.

>> 5:55. big week for politics. super tuesday a day away. you can find out who your neighbors want to win. >> this is not a new idea. there is a website for the federal elections commission. you'll find it at fec.gov. you can look up political donors. you plug in the zip code, see who your donors donate to. i was surprised how many support ron paul. you can find the name and amount of donation, occupation, something i wasn't surprised by, nearly all of my neighbors are engineers. wall street watching china, the premier there said china needs to slow down on growth to avoid inflation and there's worry that high energy prices could wreck our tentative growth. weighing in on stocks this morning. and aol the next target looking to convince advertisers to stop sponsoring the rush limbaugh

show. this after mr. limbaugh said nasty things about a woman testifying before congress. he later apologized. but that didn't stop a number of his sponsors from leaving including santa clara's increase sit sitix. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> 5:57. still ahead on "today in the bay," the woman accused of killing an east bay nursing student heads back to court. we'll have the latest. >> plus, bp getting a boost after a deal regarding the massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. we'll have the details. >> and we've got more sunshine and 70s today, rain tomorrow. did you feel it? 4.0 earthquake reported one mile north of el cerrito. we'll let you know how far the damage was felt and who was woken up quite a ways away.

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