sheriff ross mirkarimi was sentenced in his domestic violence case and now mayor ed lee is expected to speak out about his future and his job. i'm christie smith with that story coming up. investigators hope a missing teen's cell phone holds clues to her whereabouts. find out who else they're interviewing near morgan hill coming up. and we're live in the south bay to show you how you can pay to shave time off your commute. that story coming up in a live report. >> is it me or do you need to clear your throat? making me -- anyway, that's a live look at the golden bridge right now. day one of spring, rob will tell you about the weather. and that smooth traffic out there. tuesday, march 20th, "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. 6:00 right now, it is the first day of spring, john kelly. >> yes, it is.

i'm happy about that. good morning, everybody. i'm john kelly. check in with rob mayeda to find out, has spring really sprung? >> it has. our morning temperatures aren't that bad. not too chilly if you head outdoors, you don't need a thick coat and for now, you don't need an umbrella either. look at sunnyvale and navado. as you move up from the north bay, the rain on the north coast, that's going to head our way through the afternoon, it'll drop into the north bay, but for now, no fog, no wind, no rain, no excuses from the weather department. >> oh, yeah, you've got to get to work on time. let me see if i can help folks out. no. things are moving pretty smoothly on the maps. look at the south bay, you have to get to work on time. let me check that. we do have to point out a couple of things. there's a minor injury accident. and around the matilda off-ramp. that's near the interchange with

101. and also westbound, we have that new express lane opening. we'll have a live report coming up and i'll show you more of your major commute spots, they are developing, it's traffic tuesday. >> it sure is. almost every day. thank you very much. it's 6:02 right now. he can keep his freedom, but will he keep his job? we should learn today whether ross mirkarimi will face an ethics probe. today in the bay is live at city hall where the mayor is expected to weigh in today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. all eyes on san francisco's city hall. mayor ed lee is expected to make some sort of statement today about this domestic violence case. and his intentions for sheriff ross mirkarimi. so all along mirkarimi has said he wants to keep his job as sheriff despite all of the turmoil around it. he was sentenced just yesterday to probation and fined and he has to go through counseling after he pleaded guilty to the

altercation between he and his wife on new year's day. she showed a bruise on her arm and a tape and was tearful as she explained what happened to a neighbor. mayor lead has said he was considering his options under the city charter which would allow him to suspend mirk rarim. but after the sentencing, mirkarimi offered an apology. >> i deeply and humbly apologize for the behavior and the pain it caused to my wife and son, to my colleagues, to the san francisco sheriff's department, and to the people of san francisco. >> so here's what could happen. mayor lee could prompt a hearing by the ethics commission that would make a recommendation to the board of supervisors. 9 out of 11 would have to agree on this for mirkarimi to be removed from office. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." we do have new clues, but still no sign of a missing

morgan hill teenager and investigators are reviewing sierra lamar's cell phone records and her computer files for any possible clues about her sudden disappearance. the high school sophomore was seen last friday heading for school. her cell phone was found in a field not too far from where she lived. detectives have interviewed her friends at the high school and at washington high in freemt whe fremont where she attended last year. friends posted pictures at local businesses hoping someone will recognize her. >> she would never run away. she wouldn't feel safe being alone. she loved being with friends and a lot of people. so it's just very out of character for her. >> investigators right now contacting registered sex offenders in the south santa clara county to find out where they were when lamar vanished. walnut creek police are looking for a man who appears to be stalking a13-year-old girl. the girl was approached by a man offering a ride near crest avenue last wednesday.

she ran home. but the next day, the girl says the same man showed up near walnut creek intermediate school where she goes to school. police say the man is in his 60s with gray hair, high cheekbones and tan skin. he was driving a faded red older model sedan with a disabled placard hanging from the rearview mirror. cal state trustees getting an update on the budget forecast. it comes on the heels of a hearing yesterday outlining plans to restrict the number of admissions in the fall of 2013. they say as many as 25,000 qualified students could be rejected unless funding is restored through the governor's proposed tax hikes on the november ballot. the trustees also announcing once again, no new applicants will be admitted to cal state schools next spring. and putting the burden of education funding on the wealthy, occupy education demonstrators rallying today

outside oakland state building this afternoon in support of the so-called millionaire's tax. they are calling on groups to abandon the other proposed tax plans and back and increase tax on high-income earners. governor brown has already joined forces with the california federation of teachers in support of this initiative. it would raise the tax rate on the wealthy for an additional two years. 6:06 right now, more occupy protesters will be arraigned in court this morning. three demonstrators face charges of resisting arrest and blocking a sidewalk. it happened during an occupy cal protest last november. four others arraigned yesterday and were ordered to stay 100 yards from uc property except to attend class or go to work. several more protesters will appear in court tomorrow. well, new toll lanes open this morning in the south bay which means solo drivers may have to pay up while car poolers cover up. "today in the bay" live with an explanation of all of this. good morning, bob.

>> hey, good morning. you know, typically it takes as long as 20 minutes to get through the 880 to westbound here in malpedas. unless, of course, if you're in the car pool lane which is where we are right now. and you can't really see the car pool lane unless you have two people in the car. starting today solo drivers can get on, as well. this is now being converted to an express toll lane, very much like what we see -- this is a 4-mile stretch between dixon landing and 880 and westbound 237 eastbound 337. to turn on, you do have to pay, it'll cost anywhere from 30 cents to $6, an average around $3 based on the amount of congestion and it will be deducted from your fasttrack transponder. but chp has a warning for us this morning. once you're in this express toll lane, don't try to leave until you get to the end of it.

the biggest thing we don't want people crossing the double yellow lines. once you get in this lane, you need to be in the lane until you can exit at the proper place. >> is that different than the car pool lane rules? >> it is. typically you can move in and out of them without any problems but with this toll lane, you have to stay in the lane once you're in the lane. >> now, let's say you're a legitimate car pooler you've got more than two people in your car and you have a fasttrack transponder, you don't want to pay to use the toll way because you can use it for free since you have two people in the car. in order to prevent it from being charged, they tell us put it back into your mylar bag and that'll prevent the signal from deducting. if you don't have a mylar bag, you can ask fasttrack to send you one. >> all right, bob, thank you very much. hopefully he'll get nice hot tea

with a limb honttle honey. first day of spring, checking in with rob. >> not too bad. we were thinking we'd have rain by this time, but so far, so dry. from santa rosa down to santa cruz, not much in the way of wind. we do have clouds this morning, which actually have helped to bring our temperatures up. no 30s on the map, feels like spring outside this morning, 40s and 50s, in fact 51 in navado. a bit more of a mild start right now. the radar is dry. even the north bay, we're still dry. heading up to the north coast and now trying to spill into the northern half of mendocino county. it mainly looks like a golden gate bridge northward type of event with scattered showers south of santa rosa, rainy to the north of santa rosa today. tomorrow we'll see an even drier day of temperatures climbing up and thursday maybe a better chance of seeing a few light rain showers. around the bay area today, should be in the mid-60s for

parts of the south bay. looking pretty good with variable high clouds at times. temperatures cooling off a little bit as you head up, upper 50s around wine country, 55 degrees, 58 san francisco with mid and high-level clouds for the afternoon. mainly some north bay showers for today, tomorrow, looks like temperatures could climb a few more degrees. thursday, maybe a few showers, then for the weekend, that's when things turn cooler, and we're going to talk about more bay area snow this weekend and temperatures cooling mid-50s there by sunday. mike? >> first day of spring, shaping up spring-like, but we see what you have in the future. this is the present. highway 4 westbound starting to bog down. speeds around 13 miles for that l street sensor. eking down a tad. so the volume starting to pick up for highway 4 and you'll see some slowing in concorde shortly. all the way through livermore, that 54 mark, so things are still moving smoothly over toward that dublin interchange

once you get west. a live look outside, we'll show you 880. the volume picking up, but speeds close to the limit, north through downtown and south passing by the san mateo and bridges. and a live look out there, as well, shows you the toll plaza with the cash lanes backing up now, we should see the metering lights turned on and getting close to 6:15, so we should see the middle lanes filling in over the next five to ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. it's 6:11 right now, coming up on "today in the bay," the polls are opening this morning. why today could be a turning point in the gop race. plus, federal investigators get involved after the shooting of an unarmed teen in florida. details are next. i style everyone.

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welcome back, everyone, on this tuesday morning. that is a live look off of san francisco's coast at the rock. also known as alcatraz. we can tell you the weather right now, a mild start to the day on this first day of spring. not exactly going to be hot, but it's comfortable, enjoy it, it's 6:14. a controversial case in florida has practical prosecutors opening an investigation into the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. today in the bay following the latest overnight developments in our newsroom with the latest. good morning. >> 17-year-old trevon martin was shot and killed last month, but only now is the justice department looking into his death. the official investigation by the department's civil rights division, the u.s. attorneys office and the fbi getting underway today. the boy's parents and community members in the town of sanford demanding justice after officials say martin was gunned down by a neighborhood watch volunteer. while walking home and even though he was not armed, that

volunteer seen right here has not been arrested and tells authorities he was acting in self-defense. martin's parents say their son was racially profiled. well, france's interior minister say surveillance cameras show the gunman in yesterday's school shootings was wearing a video camera and may have filmed the attack. as investigators continue the search for the suspect today they're watching the internet to see if any of those clips are posted online. also, today's schools across france pausing for a moment of silence to honor the three children and rabbi that were shot and killed. a little bit of wind over the weekend, but nothing compared to what new zealand is up against today. the wind strong enough to blow cars and trucks off the road, rip roofs off homes and leave thousands without power. no surprise, all planes are grounded at local airports, all flights canceled. but so far, no reports of any injuries. >> glad to hear that. thank you very much.

>> let's check the forecast. >> pretty nice so far. we have 40s and 50s outside, unlike the 30s we had yesterday morning, in fact, some places almost 20 degrees warmer at this hour, and the same time yesterday, we're talking the north bay valleys, napa over toward santa rosa, close to 50 this morning. san mateo down into san jose, gilroy, 46, isn't that bad to start off your morning. mostly cloudy skies, showers to the far north bay or the north, north bay this morning. and then as we go through the afternoon, north of santa rosa, we'll see rain, but the south bay, san francisco south really looks dry. tomorrow, a little bit warmer and the wettest part of your seven-day forecast, not so good in terms of the timing. it does look like it's going to roll in for the weekend. you will see these stories play out on probably the nightly news tonight with dallas and houston getting blasted by severe thunderstorms and unfortunately some tornado-producing super cells likely out toward arkansas

today, so flight delays likely into the south this morning. heading over to the pacific northwest, this is where the real action is off to the north. northern california sitting on the boundary here of where the rain is right now. the north bay is dry, but on the north coast, this is where the light rain is flying. this should start to drop to the south as we go to the afternoon, but the south bay, probably not going to get this far south today. we will see numbers in the low to mid-60s around the south bay. tri-valley locations looking good, mainly cloudy skies, filtered sunshine and turning cooler northward up toward the north bay. it'll be these locations, up to santa rosa, mendocino counties. very likely again on thursday. so spring has sprung, we'll see the temperatures climbing up tomorrow. may see some 70s starting to show up on the maps as we go into wednesday. thursday, a few more showers, that system might be a little stronger, we might see something out of that. but it's saturday and sunday with the main event rain and bay area snow again. maybe as low as 3,000 feet again this weekend.

mike? >> all right, weekend snow angels once again. rob, we're looking over here. i wanted to show the slow down we have all the way through the altamont pass. so we have a 21-minute drive registering on our sensors and continuing to slow. the volume of build. we show a smooth drive south through 680 and 880 coming down through fremont moving nicely, as well. we got this into the newsroom. there's a fire reported in the triangle area off of 880, curly is the street name. we'll get more details as we speak. we'll follow that, but the freeways are moving smoothly past that scene. we have a couple of accidents and incidents to report around matilda. it's just affecting your drive. there's flashing lights and crews there right now. also heading over there, off of southbound 880 to westbound 237 as bob has been reporting, that's where the express lane opens and you'll take your way

over towards first if you have a fast track transponder. remember to shield that with the bag and if you need a new bag, call fasttrack. we're looking over to the south bay and a smooth drive for 101 and 280. both moving nicely. the construction crews have picked up here at the bridge, no advisory for the bay area bridges. the bay bridge itself, though, we do have the back up. all metering lights and all of these lanes are backing up, guys. back to you. more information on the breaking news that mike briefly mentioned. in san jose, firefighters battling flames on curly drive near north 1st street. firefighters calling for a second alarm to try to put that fire out. we do have a crew on the way and we'll, of course, bring you updates throughout the morning as we get them. other stories we're following this morning, experts think today is the day that mitt romney creates a clear path to the republican nomination. the polls open for the illinois primary more than an hour ago. romney is leading rick santorum in the polls so far.

illinois is home to several moderate republicans in the chicago area. santorum is ineligible for 10 of today's 54 delegates because he filed his paperwork too late. >> or even a narrow win by romney will certainly seed a lot of doubts about the strength of his candidacy. nbc's latest tally has romney way ahead in the delegate count, 443 to 184 over santorum. the time now is 6:20. coming up, a big night for a former warrior turns into an ugly one for the team's owner. see how chris mullen came in to rescue this. apple sells an astonishing number of ipads in three days. we'll go over the numbers coming up.

we welcome you back with a live chopper shot right now, the breaking news we told you about in san jose. firefighters battling fires in an apartment complex on curly drive. firefighters calling for a second alarm trying to put this one out. we will keep you posted on this. don't see a lot of flames right there, maybe some smoke inside. but we will have a crew there to get the pictures and details coming up in the morning.

6:23 right now, chris mullen's number 17 jersey hangs in the oracle arena rafters. >> you and everybody in here the warrior fans, were a huge part of my success. your support and encouragement throughout the years enabled me to be the best player i could be and the best person i could be. >> and the team retired number 17 last night. chris mullen on hand to thank their fans for all the love and support they've given them through the years. he played 13 years in a golden state uniform and said he would not want it any other way. last night's ceremony, however, was sullied a bit when the crowd apparently very unhappy with the team's direction rained boos down on warriors' owner before mullen even took center stage. >> all right. >> i got it.

as the greatest fans in the nba as everyone stated, sometimes change is inevitable and it's going to work out just fine. with your support and patience and use that passion in the right direction. this thing is going the right way, i've got great confidence in joe, mark jackson, and everything will work out just fine, just a little bit of patience, use that passion. >> look at that. chris mullen really stepping in and, you know, making everything okay. turning that crowd around. eventually joking about the boos after the game. >> that is not easy to do. the other guy getting booed, mike daisey. revealed he lied repeatedly in his one-man show the agony and ecstasy of steve jobs. well, he's fighting back this morning. >> which is kind of odd if you

think about it because he's pointing fingers at critics, but he's the one that got caught. he's the man behind that one-man play. friday a reporter revealed much of what daisey talks about on stage about eyewitnessing poor working conditions was made up. they used much of daisey's testimony as fact, that forced a major retraction by the radio show. not the world's most popular guys these days. but on his blog he seems no not recognize that. objecting to criticism against him with lines like, given the tone you'd think i fabulating an elaborate hoax and there's nothing that contests the facts in my work about the nature of chinese manufacturing. that's an interesting set of word choices. because daisey's facts are exactly what everybody is now contesting. on to other news but also about apple. one of the tidbits we couldn't get to yesterday, the revelation that apple has sold 3 million

new ipads from friday to monday. it took 80 days to sell 3 million the first time ipad was introduced. now 3 million in just between three and four days. >> three, two, one -- >> oh, i hate it when that happens. >> i guess there really are 2,999,999 working ipads in the world after these guys dropped their intentionally. they're part of the san francisco company called square trade. and they do this with every new apple product as a publicity stunt to get millions of views on youtube as a way of selling an extended warranty. but we couldn't let that go by without showing a coupling of guys ruining their perfectly good ipad. >> we like those videos. >> makes a lot of people cringe, i think. 6:27 right now. still to come on "today in the bay," investigators are contacting known sex offenders in the morgan hill area hoping to find clues in a teenager's disappearance. details are coming up.

also, what's next for a san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi? why we could get answers later on today in a live report. and we're tracking the arrival of some rain in your first forecast of spring. we'll have that coming up. also tracking the arrival of a lot of cars headhead iing outd oni' tllhow you the heyeow and d monhe map. ok, guys-- what's next ?

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everyone seems to get out okay and the fire department was able to put it out. there's still smoke coming out of the union, but the fire department assures me that's just residual smoke. they don't have an idea of what was burning or caused this to burn, but it definitely was enough they had to evacuate the entire section of this complex. it looks like there's maybe around 8 to 10 units that had to be evacuated. a lot of firefighters are -- right now, this fire is out, everyone's out okay, no one was hurt. reporting live here in san jose, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much for that one. we'll keep you posted. we're also keeping you posted when it comes to that forecast. want to check in with rob mayeda. >> dry forecast around the bay area for your morning commute right now. and it's mild outside. don't need a parka this morning,

just a light jacket or long sleeves, 40s and 50s outside right now. and notice the radar picture still dry around the bay area. in fact, we've got to go north of santa rosa to find the rain. you're seeing it there in eureka eventually this afternoon, slowly working its way to the south. i think the afternoon commute north of the golden gate will probably start to see a little bit of light rain. >> we're talking about the traffic building, the weather's okay, but the fire we talked about, i want to give folks a shout out, that is not affecting any of your major commute routes. we're looking over here to the east bay, we want to show things jamming up. highway 4 slams down, down toward summerville. and we're seeing the slowing, pittsburgh and bay point below 60, the volume shifting over toward the left. also, westbound 580 shows that volume jamming up, heading over toward that dublin interchange and continuing to build. this could slow down even more for that commute. it is 6:32 right now.

we could find out today for what's next for ross mirkarimi. yesterday we learned his sentence in his domestic abuse case. today, he may learn if his job is in jeopardy. today in the bay's christie smith live at city hall where major ed lee is expected to make some kind of announcement today. christie, good morning. what's up? >> reporter: good morning, mike lee is expected to talk about this domestic violence case and the future for sheriff ross mirkarimi, even though mirkarimi has said he wants to keep his job as sheriff and doesn't want to step down despite pleading guilty to false imprisonment after an alleged new year's eve altercation with his wife. mirkarimi was sentenced yesterday to probation, counseling, and a $600 fine. now a tape showed his wife bruised and tearful after this alleged incident. mirkarimi met with lee after the sentencing for about 15 minutes yesterday. but when he left, he didn't say what it was all about. what could happen here is that

lee could start the process to remove mirkarimi from office but ultimately, it would be up to the board of supervisors. after the sentencing, mirkarimi said he's trying to regain the public's trust. >> and i'm going to devote myself to repair my relationship with my family, with the people of san francisco, and i'm committed to becoming a better public servant, one you can be proud of, someone who should not hide from their mistakes and demonstrate what it means to grow forward. >> mirkarimi said he's been in counseling for arrogance and anger-related issues. i do have calls into ed lee's office to see when the statement might be made as soon as i hear from them, i'll let you know. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." investigators are searching a morgan hill teenager's cell phone and her computer for any clues that may explain why she suddenly disappeared. 15-year-old sierra lamar was last seen friday morning leaving

her home. her cell phone was found in a field not too far from her house. detectives interviewed her friends at the high school and the high school where she attended her freshman year. investigators are contacting registered sex offenders in the south clara county area to see where they were when lamar vanished. tough new rules now a vote away for san francisco police. the board of supervisors wants the police department to follow state and local privacy laws when working with the feds on counterterrorism investigations. the board tentatively approved the plans last week despite complaints from the chief that it will "handcuff his officers." the board holding a final vote today. the chief wants the mayor to veto it if it passes. medical marijuana patients in the east bay may soon have more pot clubs at their disposal. the richmond city council will decide tonight whether to increase the number of clubs from four to six also decide

whether to ease restrictions on locations allowing them in commercial zones near residential neighborhoods. currently, they are confined to two areas in the hill top and pacific east mall areas. and berkeley city council will tackle the crime of sex trafficking at its next meeting tonight. they'll discuss creating a task force to fight the exploitation of children. the "the daily californian" reports that alleged underage girls are involved in prostitution at berkeley high school. 6:36 right now, rob mayeda is in, and sounds like you're seeing on that radar maybe rain in the north? >> yeah, to the far north bay right now, but it is slowly creeping to the south this morning right now, no rain in the bay area, it's pretty mild too. 40s and 50s outside, the clouds keeping our temperatures up overnight, the other thing we're watching will be wind gusts. right now, nothing, that's good news. not too breezy right now. and we'll see wildly different weather depending on where you are. north bay, you're going to see

quite a bit of rain. for areas north of santa rosa. to the south bay, though, mainly dry and mild. tomorrow, a little bit warmer and as we get toward the weekend, we're talking rainy conditions and much cooler temperatures. right now the rain is dry from santa rosa southward, all the way up to the north coast, that's where the rain is flying this morning around eureka. this should start to slide to the south later on this afternoon and with the jet stream just to the north, areas through the north bay have the best bet of seeing any rain today. mainly areas up northward. we're talking mid-60s south of san jose. and over toward the north bay, the highs in the mid-50s where the rain drops are most likely today and the same story for thursday. then for the weekend, here comes the cool-down and the rain and mountain snow. back to the bay area. we'll take folks out to the maze. we're looking at a nice, smooth approach for the most part. but one of your usual suspects, slowing because those metering lights are on. so the backup in effect all the way back as you're coming off of

the east shore freeway. the east shore freeway itself westbound slows, coming out of hercules, as you head down through san pablo and richmond. a typical pattern as you're approaching the merge. now we'll get a live look outside and see how things are shaping up for oakland. 880 northbound past the coliseum and the red lights without a problem. we're still slowing a bit now south past the san mateo bridge as you head down out of hayward and in toward union city. typical pattern there and a look at 680 through sunol. i'll explain that coming up, guys, back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. coming up on "today in the bay," time's running out for this year's surf contest. illinois voters hit the polls today. find out why anything less than that landslide could be bad news for mitt romney. we'll have more in a live report from washington. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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6:41 on tuesday morning. 54 delegates up for grabs today in the illinois primary. polls have been open for more than two hours. mitt romney is hoping to win in the state home to many moderate republicans. today in the bay tracie potts live in washington with more on today's election. good morning, tracie. >> good morning. it's going to be an uphill battle for rick santorum for

some of the reasons you've mentioned. romney's got the delegates, the momentum, and the polls right now. the latest polls showing him up on average by nine, the last one had him up by 15 percentage points over santorum. yesterday santorum made a comment that raised some eyebrows. he said and i quote, i don't care what the unemployment rate's going to be, doesn't matter to me. he went on to say it doesn't matter in terms of his campaign, but romney, as you can imagine jumped on that saying i do care, it bothers me, i want to get people back to work. unemployment a big issue in the midwest as santorum and romney both vie for this important midwestern state. 54 delegates at stake today, although santorum is ineligible for ten of them because he didn't get paperwork in on time. as the delegate count now stands, romney's got 443 to santorum's 184. laura? >> how does that happen.

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an update now to breaking news we've been bringing you this morning in san jose where firefighters appear to be getting finally the upper hand on the fire at an apartment complex. our chopper flew up over the scene at curly drive near north 1st street. the two-alarm fire is still not contained this morning, but so far, the good news is that there are no reports of injuries. we'll keep tabs on that as firefighters are still out there. >> absolutely. 6:45 right now, let's find out what's happening outside, my man.

>> looks pretty good. right now, no worries about the weather impacting your morning commutes as the rain has certainly held off. in terms of rain today, i think it's going to hang up in the north bay. so rain north of santa row rosa, and our temperatures kind of mild and warming up more tomorrow. and you're going to think, oh, spring has finally arrived and you'll see the weekend forecast and realize we'll get a taste of winter this weekend. 40s and 50s outside right now. san jose not too bad, 46 in santa rosa, you can see the wind not too bad right now. they'll pick up a little bit toward the afternoon as we watch our next system drop on in. i do want to show you the system that used to impact the bay area this weekend as it moves across the southern plains and hits all that gulf moisture, severe weather outbreak today. dallas down towards houston and new orleans, we'll likely see issues with severe weather and flight delays heading off to the east and flight delays in the pacific northwest due to rain, wind, and snow. but the bay area commute is just fine. we're not seeing fog, no rain in the north bay yet. some of it, though, is up here

on the north coast that's starting to spill closer to mendocino county and lake counties that will continue to drop through the afternoon. but with the jet stream still off to the north, the north bay has the best of seeing showers. areas kind of mild. mid-60s today, maybe some low 70s tomorrow. 63 in san jose, 65 around gilroy. we should see low 60s for the afternoon, out toward the coast, cooler today, 50s around san rafael, and a chance of light-rain showers up there around the north bay. today, we're talking mainly just the north bay showers, warmer as we go into tomorrow, thursday, and maybe a better chance of seeing showers, san francisco northward, but it's still the weekend. we're going to drop those temperatures down, you're looking at rain, mountain snow, gusty winds again, as we get out of the weekend and staying cool early next week. mike? >> all right, rob. hey, folks, we're going to take you out to highway 4, we have still more build, more slowing, down close to 10 miles per hour here as you're passing by the "l" street sensor.

and then the yellow showing up for 242 and slowing now even for 680 down toward that 24 interchange. we have concorkoh concord with as well. watch that half an hour mark with more slowing through that area. speeds into the 50s and a little slowing as you're entering the tunnel. and, of course, we have the 20 plus minutes now coming off of the bridge to the slowing at emeryville. a standard build as those metering lights are on. a look at the san mateo bridge. no problems at the toll plaza, but 880 slow south of here, and at the 101 interchange getting more congested. a little more slowing starting to build just now, but likely another 45 minutes until we see a slowdown for that side. we're looking down to the south bay now where we have a nice flow. the off ramp has cleared with that accident, 85, 87, and 101 with your standard slowdown for a tuesday coming up in a northbound direction. the fire we're talking about

over on curly, it is still there active but not a major commute area. what is a commute issue also, we have a new lane opening up. this is one of your slow spots that we see building right now. and bob is out there talking about the new express lane. what's going on today? >> well, you can see the signs. and this is what used to be a car pool lane is now open to solo drivers if you have fasttrack, and you're willing to pay the price it's offering. based on the congestion. and right now, you can get in this express lane for $1.55, and go up as high as $6, vta says it'll average around $3. this is the bottleneck at 880 southbound and 237. so the express lane is around a 4-mile stretch to around 1st street and 237. and if you choose to take the express lane, vta tells you could be shaving several minutes off your commute.

you could see the brake lights on the right, those are people who chose not to use it today. you see how slow it is, and yet here we are, we are going at highway speed. now, if you are a regular car pooler, you're still more than welcome to use this as long as you have two or more people in your car. and let's say you're one of the car poolers who also has fasttrack. you're probably thinking, i don't want to have to pay for this. well, vta tells us what you want to do you know that mylar envelope, put this in that envelope while you're in your car and it will shield it from being deducted. reporting live here on 880 southbound connecting to westbound 237, slow going in the whole lane. investigators still searching a morgan hill teen's cell phone and her computer for any kind of clues that may explain why she suddenly disappeared. 15-year-old sierra lamar was last seen friday morning leaving her home. her cell phone was found in a field not too far from the house that she lives in. detectives interviewed her

friends at her high school and at washington high school in fremont where she attended last year during her freshman year. investigators contacting registered sex offenders in the south santa clara county area to find out where they were when lamar vanished. 6:51. san francisco sheriff could learn today what his future holds after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a domestic abuse case. ross mirkarimi now faces the possibility of an ethics probe and the potential loss of his job. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live where the mayor's expected to talk about that controversy. >> mayor ed lee is expected to answer the question a lot of people are curious about. whether he intends to start the process of trying to remove sheriff ross mirkarimi from office even though mirkarimi has said before he has no intention of stepping down. he was sentenced yesterday to probation, a fine, and counseling after an alleged

incident with his wife new year's eve. now lee has said he's considering his options, which allow him to suspend mirkarimi from his conduct. that would prompt a hearing about the ethics commission. the board of supervisors would then have to consider it. 9 of 11 of the supervisors would have to agree on this for mirkarimi to be removed from office. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, today in the bay. drawing some attention to bay area women's call to domestic violence offenders. this woman was brutally attacked back in 2009 by her boyfriend. she said she was stunned when she learned her boyfriend had been to prison twice before for domestic violence. >> he pulled a shotgun on a former wife. and i thought, why -- why is this stuff sitting, you know, in these courthouses when no one can get to them. >> the proposed registry would work like the megan's law website identifying the name,

birth date, city, of residents and the county where the offender was convicted. a national registry right now is in place. san francisco police are looking for a second man in connection with a brutal beating last january. police say two men described as preppy-looking attacked a 23-year-old hayward man on polk street. witnesses say the victim was coming to the aid of women being harassed. one of the suspects, 27-year-old ramon abbad turned himself in on friday. the victim survived but doctors say he may never fully recover. palo alto police launching a brand new campaign to combat spikes in robberies. a total of 53 homes have been targeted this year compared to 149 for all of 2011. police say thieves are entering through unlocked doors or windows, so they're launching the lock it or lose it campaign. it shows how to safeguard homes

as well as how to recognize and report suspicious behavior. it's 6:53 right now. within the last few minutes, the suspect in the shooting death of 16 afghan civilians began a second meeting with his defense attorney. in our newsroom with the very latest. good morning. >> laura, good morning. it is another privileged visit for robert bales and his lawyer john henry brown at the military prison in kansas. it's happening right now. it's speculated the two will continue their talks on what exactly happened the night of march 11th when the 38-year-old army staff sergeant is accused of slaughtering 16 civilians in afghanistan. yesterday bales telling his attorney he remembers very little during the time the military believes he went on that shooting rampage. so he does remember some details before and after the killings. well, almost 50 people are dead, some 200 hurt in the string of bombings across iraq today. at least eight cities hit including baghdad. officials say the blasts are

targeting police forces and shiite pilgrims. they come days before baghdad is the host top arab leaders for a summit there. schools across france pausing for a moment of silence to honor the three children and rabbi shot and killed in yesterday's shooting at that jewish school. meanwhile, authorities turning to the internet this morning in their search for the gunman. they say he could post video of the attacks online since surveillance video shows he may have actually recorded the shootings. john? thank you very much. it's probably a pretty safe bet we know at least five people who may be sleeping in today after spending sunday night along cash creek. >> oh, sorry. can i say that on tv? >> would i do that again? no. >> well the rafters set out for adventure in yolo county on sunday, but the creek was so low, the raft repeatedly just ran aground time after time. the nightfall, they realized, then, they had to spend the night on the creek's shores.

a swift water rescue team happened to find them yesterday all five people are okay. >> it'd be cold out there. investigators are looking into a fire that destroyed three boats in a san diego marina. this is what the blaze looked like late last night and started at a dock in mission bay. the fourth boat was also heavily damaged, but the good news is that no one was injured. 6:56 right now. the "today" show is next, ann curry shows us what they are working on this morning. >> good morning. and coming up here on a tuesday morning on "today," the feds launch an investigation into the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer. we're live with new details on the case that has sparked considerable outrage. also this morning, kirk cameron will be here to talk about the controversy over his recent comments on homosexuality. and will the breakdown of the man behind koni 2012 hurt the movement?

and we're live at kensington palace, princess diana's former home where some of her iconic dresses are on display. that's all when we get started on "today." >> thank you very much. the summer olympics in london are a few months away now, but there are concerns that american travelers may be bringing back something other than that olympic fever. there's a chance of a measles outbreak. unvaccinated american tourists could be carrying home that virus. last year, there were 26,000 reported cases in europe with eight deaths for this. health experts say to make sure your vaccinations are up to date before you travel abroad. well, you feeling lucky? well, the megamillions jackpot up to $241 million this morning. people all over the bay area, yeah, stopping to snap up some tickets hoping to strike it rich. if somebody wins tonight's, they can choose to collect about $9

million a year for 26 years or just grab the lump sum of $171 million. not too bad. now, get your tickets for tonight's drawing, you must buy before 7:45. >> it shows how hard it is, though, that thing's been rolling over for a couple of weeks now. >> odds are astronomical. >> not looking good for the 2012 mavericks big wave contest. and forecasters say it is unlikely that any major swells will hit the half-moon bay surf break in time. but if organizers still plan to hold an all-day festival, they'll do it on march 31st, even if the contest is never held. well, now that apple is giving away so much money, business and tech reporter scott mcgrew says there's pressure for other companies to step up and do the same. >> apple $98 billion on hand, who else has a lot of cash? how about google and mountain view, cisco, $46 billion, gilead sciences about $9 billion. these companies, i'm sure the

investors would like to see the money, but they've been using that cash to buy other companies, this is something that apple rarely did. so there is more than one way to increase value for investors. speaking of investors, apple shares are down $6.10 this morning to $595 even after a good start yesterday. the dow industrials down about 90 points. back to you. >> thank you very much. time now for a final check on weather, meteorologist rob mayeda here with it all. >> and the far north bay seeing a few sprinkles off to the north. that should slide to the south later on today. but we're talking about the north bay for a chance of showers today, mild temperatures south and turning a little bit warmer, actually, as we head toward wednesday, south bay temperatures close to 70. >> and we're looking at a good build here. nowhere near 70 for the northbound routes. look at this, we talked about the new express lane opening up. i have seen in the last few minutes, the shift from yellow back to green. we may see a shift over the next week or ten days. we'll end with this map and the backup at the toll pl