tv Today in the Bay NBC April 4, 2012 4:30am-5:00am PDT
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a very, very close girlfriend and now she is gone. >> friends pay trib institute the victims of monday's mass shooting in a small bay area university. how they are being remembered. the suspect in that mass shooting appeared in court today as police try to figure out where he ditched his weapon. that story coming up. police unleashing pepper spray on a group of college students in southern california. what the students were protesting, coming up. live look outside on this wednesday, april 4. this is "today in the bay."
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good morning, everyone. it is 4:30 on a wednesday morning. tlots get to this morning. let's check the forecast. >> good morning. we did have a little bit of light rain that passed through the bay area overnight. right now skies starting to leer. you can see on the radar loop the rain that did come through. you might find wet roads this morning but that's from the rain that fell from overnight. just a little chilly this morning. you will certainly want a jacket for morning, 30s and 40s. you can keep the jacket on for the afternoon had pies today and cooling into the 50s with partly cloudy skies today. and looks like we could see temperatures climbing towards the weekend. forecast coming up in a few mites. for a check of the morning commute here is mike. >> we saw how quickly that green blob goes through the bay area. winds are an issue. moving things on the roadway if you are not careful, wind advisory for san mateo bridge you see the sign lit up on the right there. smooth flow but over the high-rise here, dunbarton
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bridge, over the open water for the bay bridge, watch out. looking at the oakland coliseum camera. we don't see any shaking going on here. san francisco cameras, we see wind and causing an issue for them as well. wind advisories big note. i will show you other smaller notes coming up. >> thank you very much, mike. the suspect in monday's deadly execution style killings in aek oakland college heads to court today. >> police are still piecing together one goh's motive as police divers search for a murder weapon. today bob redell is live. it is a difficult one. >> reporter: you can imagine the estuary is not clearwater. very brackish. fortunately it is not terribly deep. police divers were out here last night searching the shoreline for the .45 caliber where they believe one goh threw it.
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he has been cooperative except for pointing the exact location where he ditched his weapon. other investigative leads point this area, mlk jr. reege in an shoreline center. law enforcement use d a sonar ad performed a certain much of a 90 by 75-foot grid. not only is the gun an important piece of evidence police say it is a hazard for the community for it still to be out here. that's why they want find it. goh is at the jail in dublin. later today he is expected to be brought back here toek land for his court appearance at 2:00, to be arraigned on multiple charges including seven murders. police say goh bought his gun legally and planned monday's shooting at oikos university several weeks in advance. the rampage was so fast law enforcement doesn't think the victims had any chance to surrender or resist. a secretary and six students were killed.
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three more people injured. goh had been upset with the school because it had expelled him from its nursing program because of the alleged behavioral problems. we say he was also angry with fellow classmates who teased the native south korean about his poor english. outside of pointing the location of his weapon, police say he has been cooperative in interviews but not particularly remorseful. reporting live here at the oaklandes cue airy, bob redell. hundreds gathered for a prayer vigil in oakland last night in memory of the seven victims of the shooting rampage. we have more on the stories they share. >> reporter: a community grieving for the victims of monday morning's massacre here at oikos university came together. hundreds of people showed up at last tonight's prayer vij togil remember the seven people that lost their lives here. city leaders shared words of
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comfort including oakland the mayor who made a plea for people healing. >> still sinking in. it is really hard for me because i don't want to accept it. i'm struggling with trying to accept it. >> reporter: we spoke with a woman who said she just started teaching at oikos university in january. she was supposed to be here monday morning but her friend, one of the school's receptionists, changed her schedule at the last point. he was the first taken hostage and then killed. now she says stepping back on campus is a reality she's not ready to face. but to help people like her cope, both the city and county have set up a crisis line and counseling support for anyone who needs it. >> one santa clara family very, very thankful this morning that their daughter survived the rampage. she was shot in the right arm. she was in that classroom when the suspect came in and
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allegedly started shooting there. p students had no time to react. >> i'm just thankful that i'm here and brightful i get to be with my family. i'm doing okay. >> unbelievable. core is an army reservist. her fellow soldiers did stop by last night for dinner. they say, of course, they are very, very thankful that she's alive and will be able to complete her training. make sure to stay with nbc bay area news for conning coverage of this story throughout the morning and rest of the day. you can also head to our webs e website. dozens of people facing charges in santa rosa in connection with a trafficking ring. investigators seized $280,000 and 39 pounds of pot. they say it was produced in sonoma county but aimed for new york and boston. the investigation uncovered at least three pot growing and sales operations that were part
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of a large distribution network. the detectives are searching for more suspects. outrage is growing in the bay area over the crackdown of medical clubs. they are accusing the federal government of using intimidation to close down dozens of legitimate medical cannabis clubs. advocates say the raids only served to unite cannabis supporters. >> i think the important thing we are looking at this might have galvanized the response from our whole community to say who is next. >> it remains closed as the school continues to clean up from the raid. the federal search warrants have been sealed. marijuana advocates continue to question what the practical agents were after. bay area rally today honoring dr. martin luther king jr. and it also include demand for justice in two reese ellen killings. san francisco branch of the
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naacp staging the event at the steps of city hall this morning. the occupy the dream rally will calling attention to the fatal shooting of trayvon martin in florida and lawrence richardson who died in a drive-by shooting monday near the city's panhandle neighborhood. the rally begins starting at 11:30. very reminiscent of the scene at u.c. davis. police pepper spraying students at a college rally in southern california. cell phone video shows 200 stujs ba students last night. students there upset with the cost of summer courses. about 30 students were treated for minor injuries. the school has already agreed to cover any medical expenses the students there suffered from injuries in that pepper spray. it is 4:38 now. i want to check the forecast. what we fist for the day. good morning. >> we will see a chilly start this morning.
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yesterday we woke up to 50s and not the case outside now. we will will show you temperatures in a moment. headlines for you today, it is going to be cool and breezy throughout the day today. highs in the 50s. we do have a slight chance of some isolated showers for the north bay. and the weekend, though, still looks good. we should see warming as we approach saturday and sunday. but outside right now, you will notice it feels more like winter outside. again, the 30s around fairfield. probably upper 30s around the north bay valley. sunrise, it is breezy outside. really notice that as you go across the san mateo or bay bridge this morning. radar view shows you we have showers up here in the north coast. cool air aloft is moving into the bay area. that's reason the temperatures this morning are quite cool. and during the day today, might see a pop-up shower especially in the north bay hilltops. with the weather today as we watch the first pitch of the final game of the bay bridge series, this comes up at 12:45 today. it is going to be 57 degrees. little chilly out there at the ballpark. we will see winds picking up at times for the afternoon. hour by hour, notice we are starting off in the 50s through
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lunch time and staying in the 50s throughout the day today. cool afternoon around the bay area. 7-day forecast shows we will have cool temperatures through friday. just in time for the weekend. temperatures finally warming up saturday and sunday. >> already. let's take the folks over to the map and show you what it is like. getting into the city now, heading into the game, little early. it is at 12:45. parking lot open at 11:30 and expect congestion to start and actually mix in with the midday lunch hour traffic. bay bridge to the middle of the screen, top of your screen, richmond sent san rafael bridge, wind advisory this morning. these are gusty. possibility of gusty conditions across the water. looking at construction tall way our left as well. that's both directions for interstate 8 on as passing by a highway 4. you will have road crews on the move in the westbound direction shortly, though. holding out for another hour in the eastbound direction.
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he looking at the south bay crews here. 880 at the top of your screen. ones that broke are the crude air, just cleared over the last few minutes. 85 just off of 87, smooth drive as well. yesterday and monday, 87 and 101 had tough drives despite the rest of the south bay having a lighter flow because of spring break for many schools. we wi . >> thank you, mike. facebook is firing back. it is accusing yahoo of infringing on ten facebook patents. it says yahoo's photo stream and flicker photo sharing services infringe on a facebook patent that creates personalized stories. facebook's legal action comes after yahoo sued facebook last month for ten patent infringements centering on advertising, privacy controls, and social networking. >> official term for that is social media tit for tat. i wanted an excuse to say tit for tat.
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how much of the work force is getting cut? >> tornadoes ripped through parts of texas. which areas were hit the hardest. >> clean sweep for mitt romney in yesterday's primaries. rick santorum sets his sights on his home state. why he says he is not giving up. >> for your news, weather, traffic updates, check us out on facebook. search nbc bay area news.
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welcome back. we give you a beautiful look at downtown san francisco right now. glory in the wind. the moon out there, too. that's a nice shoot. take a snapshot and a post card. 4:45. cleanup starts this morning after a line of powerful tornadoes just ripped through central texas. we have the incredible video here carried on live tv. watch the center of the screen. you can see a tornado literally lifting a massive 18-wheel tractor trailer right off the ground. and just tossing it like a toy. that's mind-blowing. officials will say that there's no significant -- there is significant damage but amazingly and fortunately no reports of serious injuries. look at that. in the their. >> amazing no one was hurt. 4:45. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is focusing beyond the primaries after his recent sweep of several states. nbc's tracie potts is in washington with the latest from the campaign trail.
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>> thank you to wisconsin, maryland, washington, d.c. >> it is a clean sweep for mitt romney, clear victories in all three primaries including wisconsin where he beat santorum by seven points. romney is no longer focused on his republican competition. >> years of flying around an air force one, surrounded by an adoring staff, telling you you are great and you are doing a great job, it is enough to make you think you might become a little out of touch. >> with a 16-point lead in the latest poll today romney courts newspaper editors preparing for the next round of primaries, connecticut, delaware, new york, rhode island, and santorum's home state, pennsylvania. >> the clock starts tonight. we have three weeks to go out here in pennsylvania. and win this state and after win thing state, the field looks a little different in may. >> santorum who goes bowling again today is not so sure this is over. but romney's delegates are
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mounting. 561. gingrich released a statement last night despite the delegate count he still says he's in this all the way to the republican convention in tampa. what about ron paul? he's not giving up yet. he has 16 campaign events scheduled over the next month and a half. many of them at college campuses. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. yahoo set to make major cuts to the work force this morning. for that and the rest of your news right before the bell, let's turn it over to jackie at cnbc. good morning. >> good morning to you. yahoo reportedly expected to begin layoffs today of about 2,000 people. that's about 14% of its work force. more cuts are expected down the line. will likely span across the company's various departments including marketing and products. reports saying that yahoo may also decide to sell some of its assets such as right media which matches advertisers with
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websites. futures are lower this morning after stocks pulled back on tuesday. investors were disappointed by the minutes from last month's fed meet which showed the central bank has little appetite to launch new economic stimulus programs unless the economy takes a real dive. asian and european mark receipts lower today following a disappointing bond auction in spain. we will get data this morning in the states on jobs. the report that track it is private sector, also news on the nation's service sector as well. dow falling 65 points yesterday to 13,199. nasdaq losing six points 3013. meantime the he stone state cemented status of the nation's number two gaming market behind las vegas. pennsylvania, 11 casinos brought in more than 233 million in revenue from slot machines last month. that's an all-time monthly high. the state first opened casinos at -- in 2006. when you combine the games pennsylvania surpassed new jersey and unofficially swapped spots last july but as of
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january, p.a. now makes $3.6 billion. guys, back over to you. >> thank you very much. rob is bringing all that racksy. colder than you said it would be. >> it is cold. you can't go out in short sleeves this morning. lit find you quickly. you need a winter coat this morning. you can probably leave it on this afternoon. we are going to be warming up maybe a whopping ten degrees. look at fairpeeled. 39 degrees. little while to go before sunrise. i think that past the bay area, north bay, mid 30s this morning just before sunrise. and it is going to be breezy, too. the air that's coming in is cooler and that canadian air conditioning we sometimes talk about, so you are going to feel the chill in the air, even p w the sunshine and temperatures today in the 50s. later on today, we will still see a slight chance of showers. especially up towards the north bay. towards the hilltops. and in the weekend still looks to be the warmest part of your
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7-day forecast with high pressure building in towards saturday. radar view shows you that as you slept overnight. you will probably wake up to wet roadways out there. some rain that did pass by just before midnight. right now the radar, though, is mainly dry. i think that as we get into the afternoon, you may start to see showers popping up on those coastal hills especially in the north bay. colder pool of air spilling into the bay area this is the pattern we are going to see with us probably through about friday. so we will continue to have these cool temperatures occasional hilltop showers and especially up towards the north bay and temperatures no longer in the upper 60s today. and maybe near 60 around san jose. upper 50s to the tri valley and really looking at some mid 50s on the coast and peninsula, close to 60 around sonoma a. three-day forecast. cool temperatures through friday. watch with a happens as we jump towards the weekend. that's when the temperatures start to climb on up. i think towards saturday you are going to see numbers climbing on up close to 70 and then cooling off somewhat as we get towards the early par of next week.
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back to you. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. we are heading towards the playoffs. every game, each and every one, counting for the san jose sharks. the team pulling off a much needed win on the road last night. of course, we have pictures to show. >> did you peyton manning's successor, andrew luck works out for the colts head coach. 580 looking fine now. passing through the dublin interchange. spots around the bay may be slick from the overnewt rain. also winds playing a factor. i will lay that out for you coming up. hey, your high speed internet here, at home...
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welcome back on this wednesday morning. that's a live look at san jose's hp pa i will have wron and home to the san jose sharks. right now battling for their playoff life. here is the deal. the sharks needing a win to stay in playoff contention. last night they get it done. sharks taking on the stars in dallas. second period. scoring his first goal in ten games. much needed and much timely goal. puts the sharks up 23 3-2 late in the third. joe thornton putting the game away. sharks go on to win this one 5-2. hanging on to the eighth spot in the playoffs. meantime out of the ball yard
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a's and giants. giants go up by one. cain's first start with the new $112 million contract. getting job done. giants hanging on to win it, 3-2. and the giants opening the season friday in arizona but you can still watch that game at at&t. our friends at comcast sports net will throw a little viewing party for you. you can catch the giants playing the diamondbacks on the jumbotron. plus, how about this? free hot dogs and free foam fingers. load up the truck. >> yeah. all right. little football football here. andrew luck getting a closer look from the indianapolis colts. luck held a brif at workout for the colts top brass including head coach chuck pagano. it is creating a lose of buzz in football. >> number one in the draft.
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thank you. 4:55 now. let's check in with mike to see what's happening on the roads. >> roadways are a concern and also what's crossing the roads. the wind. so first we will check those because of construction. construction on the right, over on the left. the wind advisories. in the middle a little bit of slowing for highway 4 down below 60. see that change dramatically over the next half hour. up thecally showing tuesday commute and slowing. here in the richmond center bridge, bay bridge down at the bottom of your screen, wind advisories as well as the san mateo and dunbarton bridges. the traffic flow relatively light now. there are no major problems. hold on tight as you cross over the high-rise especially for 92. here's the golden gate bridge. no wind advisories. the flashing lights right near the middle of your screen heading north and moving the cones. getting ready for the morning commute. right now not much of a commute. very smooth drive through the north bay. >> sounds good. >> ladies, you may want to listen up. who needs to marry mr. right
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when you can just rent him? >> a company in serbia says you can. the agency is appropriately called rent a husband. >> makes zblens customers can choose one of seven well-trained husbands who can do it all. handyman, cook dinner, offer interesting conversation. rates start at $7 an hour. the most expensive, the husband fisherman who charges $53 per hour. that's interesting. fisherman usually wants to leave the house. >> seven bucks an hour? that guy must be pretty boring compared to the $53 an hour guy. >> the agency says business is boom. >> i bet. still ahead, search continues for the weapon used in the deadly shooting spree in oakland. friends and family mourn the loss of their loved ones. thteshooomr, cupg in fll .e thteoo cupg .
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