have begun for a memorial service here at oikos university in oakland, i'm stephanie truong live with the details and what else the school is trying to do to help families. firefighters thinks thieves sparked a fire in the east bay overnight, we'll let you know what they believe happened coming up. a live look outside, golden gate bridge rain coming through the bay area once again. we'll take a look at it on this tuesday, april 10th, "today in the bay." and a good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. 6:00 right now, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everybody, i'm john kelly. let's get the tuesday forecast with meteorologist christina loren to find out how it is outside. >> do you know what, it's not so nice outside right now, but we'll get some opportunities to get outdoors later on today. you'll have to wait until the second half of the day, we've got a good wave of moisture moving over the greater bay area

as we speak and the east bay is seeing the light to moderate rain. richmond, slick conditions through there. more rain on the way not just today and tomorrow another system moves in as we round out the workweek. we'll let you know when you can get outdoors and how much expecting in your city. first let's check your drive with mike. >> naturally the rain will affect the drive, but we should a lighter volume in many spots because spring breaks continue but it will affect your speeds. the mist kicking up and the winds shaking the camera, that's a problem around the bay. the south bay is starting to see rain as well. northbound 101 that's a pretty typical build showing up for a traffic tuesday at about this time. but the rain may make it more of a factor. north shoreline was closed at wright avenue overnight and it sounds like a deadly overnight accident was gloing on there. bob redell is at the scene, what's the latest that you have? >> reporter: mountain view police was hoping to have this

reopened around 6:00 but it looks like it will be a little bit longer. it's hard to estimate. it could be another half hour. it could be less than that. basically we're here at north shoreline at wright avenue, just off of central expressway if you are using central expressway to commute through mountain view, this will impact your drive in to work this morning. this happened before 9:00 last night when the driver of a black pickup truck accidently hit and killed the pedestrian. don't know the circumstances surrounding the accident, whether the pedestrian was walking alongside the road or trying to cross the street or something else. that person died here on the scene in front of someone's driveway. he was an adult man carrying no identification so one of the challenges this morning for police is finding out who this person was so his family can be notified. police tell us that the driver of the truck did stop, offered assistance, and has been cooperating with police. reporting live here in mountain view, bob redell, "today in the bay." it is 6:02. it's been just over a week since

the deadly shooting rampage at an oakland college. this morning at 10:00 oikos university is holding a memorial service to help with the healing. stephanie truong is live in oakland with a look at what's ahead. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: laura, good morning to you. we're still a few hours out from the memorial service, but a group of about four people or so from oikos have come out within the hour to help clean up the area ahead of that memorial service. they've been mowing the lawn. cuttingtrimming trees and there's a picture of the seven victims. the main entrance is where the school has been hosting daily concerts in honor of the seven victims. ♪ and this is jennifer performing a song she wrote for one of the vict victims, who she considered a big sister, lydia sim, who was just 21 years old.

the noon concerts will continue through the end of the month every day except sunday. the school is trying to help fund raise for the victims' families. oikosuniversity.org lists donation information for the victims' foundation, it's a wells fargo account. the tibetan association of northern california is trying to collect money for funeral expenses for two victims who esfamie live overseas. one goh is expected back in court april 30th. he may enter a plea to the seven charges of murder and three charges of attempted murder. live in oakland, stephanie truong, "today in the bay." 6:04 right now. san francisco police will meet with residents today about a recent mass murder. five people were found dead inside a home on house street march 23rd. bin look is in jail facing five murder counts. later today police chief greg sur will hold a town hall

meeting to discuss public safety in the ingleside neighborhood. it will be at the wellness auditorium at city college. fire crews at the scene of an overnight blaze in the east bay. that fire started before 2:00 this morning at this cash 4 gold on hesperian boulevard near hacienda. we're happy to report no injuries. firefighters think it was started accidently by somebody trying to steal copper wiring. pg&e cut off power to that building and expecting to turn it on at about 9:30 this morning. a teenage driver in custody for killing a father and daughter out for a bike ride could be released from juvenile hall. prosecutors have until 4:30 to file charges or the minor must be let go. police need more time to investigate the deadly crash on treat boulevard. officers say a father and his daughters were on their bikes when the suv ran them down.

solaiman nuri died on impact. his 9-year-old daughter hadessa died at the hospital. hadessa's 12-year-old sister suffered minor injuries. a gang membered accused of gunning down a father and two sons will take the stand. edwin ramus accused of killing tony bologna and his sons in 2008. yesterday ramos telling the jury he'd been driving his car when the passengers spotted the bolognas' car and started firing. the shooter thought one man in the car belonged to a rival gang. cross-examination begins later today. police are patrolling dodger stadium leading up to today's home opener. l.a. police started the patrols in the stadium parking lots and parks near the stadium. the goal is to keep fans from arriving too early and drinking before the game. increased security as a result of bryan stow's beating at last year's home opener.

speaking of stow he's still recovering after the two men jumped following that game. two men are charged in the attack. stowe suffered severe brain damage and is still in rehabilitation. his family is suing the team saying stow will need lifelong medical care costing at least $50 million. 6:07 right now. san jose city council will decide whether to add more to the list of places where you can no longer light up. they'll exercise a plan to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas, as well as in lines where people wait for services and in the common areas of apartment complexes. supporters say the goal is to reduce people's exposure to secondhand smoke. the vote on the proposed ban is set for this afternoon. a nine-year fight to try and unionize sonoma's county biggest hospital is set to wrap up today. the national union of health care workers says it's reached a contract agreement with santa rosa memorial hospital. that three-year contract

includes wage increases, improved retirement benefits and job security protections for about 700 hospital employees. a vote is set for later on today. this morning more delays for california's voter approved high speed rail project. a state congressional committee is launching an investigation in to possible conflicts of interest on the multibillion project. the leader of the committee is ordering the high-speed rail authority to come up with documents and records of its past communications. the committee said it will check for conflicts of interest involving rail officials and contractors. the current esmetimate for the rail line is $68 billion. it is 6:08 right now. sure, it may be spring break, but according to christina loren not a lot of kids getting a break from mother nature. >> parents, plan the indoor activities for today or else they'll be tracking the mud right back into the house. good morning to you. showers are on the radar right now and you can see the east

shore it's your turn. the peninsula got slammed earlier this morning. the heavy and moderate rain moving into the oakland area and it will continuously move into the tri-valley heading through the next couple of hours. but i wanted to zoom out and show you the greater bay area. that's where the bulk of the moisture is concentrated. we'll see another wave pass through the bay areaeading through the second half of your day, but the next wave will be lighter and you will be able to get it outdoors from time to time just count on kind of a damp dreary day today. temperatures are not going to climb by all that much either. i wanted to illustrate it for you. right now we're in the mid-50s headed towards maybe the upper 50s later on today. in san francisco, 57 degrees. a four-degree temperature spread when where you are now and where you're expected to end up. you'll probably need the jacket. and once the showers roll through your city, that rain cools the air, so it will feel cooler, the rain-cooled air lasts for a couple of hours before the drying period starts.

you'll want to keep it in mind. you'll need the jacket and umbrellas as we head through the rest of the week, you'll want to keep them handy. let's get you to the showers to work on time with mike. >> we've got a couple of accidents to tell folks about over in oakland. this is westbound 580 around macarthur off of the split with the warren freeway, and we've got two separate accidents reported. one involves a car on its side, maybe on its roof actually but no major injuries reported but an ambulance will show up. a second accident where another car went into the center divide there that's a distraction. no lanes are reported blocked but i imagine one has to be affected by crews once they arrived on the scene. and rain has traveled through the area and more rain on the way as christina reports. slowing through antioch, 20 at the "l" street sensor but moving to the 40s and 30s heading over to loveridge and somersville.

westbound 580 shows that 18-minute now through livermore and pleasanton and dublin moving smoothly through the dublin interchange. oakland, your volume is picking up and glow on the lights, the water is splashing around. 6:11, coming up, president obama pushing his new tax plan. find out why it's not likely to become a reality coming up. the man accused of killing trayvon martin could be charged today. thetesat on the investigation is next. hey guys, breakfast!

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the mega millions jackpot. marla tevez has new information that just came out of a lottery news conference. >> the news conference in maryland just wrapped up and we got new information about the new multimillionaires. there are three of them, but we still don't know who they are. maryland lottery officials say they are choosing to remain anonymous, but we can tell you the single winning ticket purchased at a 7-eleven in baltimore was purchased by three people and two are teachers, another is a school administrator. one is a woman in her 20s, a woman in her 50s, and a man in his 40s. officials saying they each pitched in $20 to buy 60 tickets, of course, one of those tickets matched all six numbers including the mega ball. they are opting for the lump sum which means they'll each get a direct deposit of just under $35 million. now, get this, they all say they

will continue to work. good people there, congratulations to them. any minute now the special prosecutor in the trayvon martin case could decide on whether or not to file charges against george zimmerman, the man who admitted to shooting and killing the 17-year-old as he walked home. that happened almost two months ago. the prosecutor making the decision yesterday not to put the case before a grand jury. this means there is no possibility of a first-degree murder charge and it's now solely up to her to press those charges. now, corey is not under any sort of deadline, so theoretically she could take as much time as she'd like to make the decision, but nbc news is reporting that decision could come as early as today. john and laura? >> thank you very much. 6:15 right now. we check back in with christina loren, trying to put a silver lining on it, we need the rain, right? >> there's your lining right there. you need the rain during spring break when you have the kids at

home with you. believe me, our hearts, especially, laura garcia-cannon, goes out to you. but the good news is you will not have to deal with the rain all day long. in fact, we'll look at your futurecast in a moment, i'll show you when you might be able to get the kids outside, but when you do, count on them bringing the mud back in with them. we'll see the saturated ground and more rain on the way tonight. the heavier concentration east shore moving into the tri-valley in the next 15 or 20 minutes. get ready for light rain in livermore, in the next half hour, hour. san jose, we won't see much out of the first wave. kind of breaking apart as it moves over the greater bay area, but we'll see rain in the south bay. we'll have to wait for it. at noon, light spotty showers. stop the clock yet again at midnight when the next round of rain comes through. and the difference between rain and showers, of course, is the heaviness of the moisture that's coming down. when we talk about rain, we're talking about periods of heavy

moisture coming down. showers, light, scattered, spotty. that's the way we like to dictate that. as we head throughout the afternoon you'll be able to get outdoors between 10:00 and 4:00 and then it ramps up overnight. on-and-off light showers wednesday before the next wave moves through starting midmorning in the north bay on thursday. the next system will move through faster. it's a colder system and it's packing more moisture. what are we expecting in terms of your totals? first system, a half of an inch in san jose. once the second system comes through by 3:00 a.m. friday, an inch and a half in some north bay cities, so we could see localized flooding and we're expecting heavy downpours over the higher elevations. the whole thing blows out by the second half of saturday. and sunday looks good for outdoor activities. 70 degrees. let's check the drive with mike. >> well, you know, we're looking over here to the east bay. we have an earlier accident, i should get on this side and not

block this sign. westbound 580 off the split with 13, we still have two accidents reported. no major slowing but your slow lane is blocked by one of the accidents. an overturned car in the slow lane. waiting to get an update on the injuries. they sound like minor at most. looking here eastbound 80 heading away from the richmond bridge and toward the carquinez, we've got an accident approaching the area off to the san pablo dam road and a slower drive toward the coming skyway. and rain having come through might be affecting the sensors and your drive as well. coming out of the altamont pass a 20-minute drive, typical 40s and 30s coming through livermore and pleasanton but moving more smoothly approaching the dublin interchange and no problem for sunol 680. broadway at 101, saw slippery conditions as rain came through but close to the limit, all the

way into the south bay with your northbound commute drives moving ni nicely. the volume starts to build from capitol up to the airport, 87 as well. still have the issue going on in mountain view. north shoreline boulevard is blocked or at least was a few minutes ago at wright avenue because of an overnight deadly accident. bob redell is on the scene and they'll bring us an update. but the alternate is moffett miding up to middlefield. san francisco's doyle drive will be closed at the end of the month. the closure will allow for demolition of doyle drive and for the opening of its replacement presidio parkway. the closure will start friday, april 27th, at 8:00 at night and it will last until monday, april 30th, until 5:00 in the morning. that means drivers going over the golden gate bridge will only be able to use merchant road, lincoln boulevard, or highway 1 southbound along park presidio to get into san francisco.

it is 6:19 right now. president obama will be in florida today pushing for a new tax proposal called the buffett rule. the plan named after warren buffett will essentially have people that make more than $1 million a year pay more in taxes. many wealthy taxpayers pay only 15% of their income. the new proposal would raise taxes up to 30%. the plan not expected to pass through congress but senate democrats argue the new rule is needed for economic fairness. the clock says it's 6:20, coming up on "today in the bay," facebook buying instagram for $1 billion, nice gig if you can get it. put a filter on that. find out why oneerxpt sai i paid so much for a company with absolutely no revenue.

welcome back, everyone. and a good tuesday morning to you. take your umbrella if you can as we take a live look outside embarcadero this morning rain coming down on many parts, on-and-off showers, 6:23. let's break it down for you instagram has just about3 employees, that's all, and practically zero revenue, so why did facebook pay $1 billion for the photo-sharing app? analysts say it was to eliminate a threat and to expand horizons leading up to its ipo. one expert says there was potential instagram could have

eventual i had groly could haveo a competitor. and instagram has had success with growing its mobile platform. a low tech deal went down that's worth almost as much as facebook. monday at&t sold a 53% tastake the yellow pages. that's worth $950 million, they plan to explore new mobile online possibilities for the yellow pages. 6:24 right now. these two steal and sell hot mobile devices could soon be left out in the cold. an agreement has been reached between major cell phone carriers and the federal government. they are setting up a data base of i.d. numbers which are unique to every device. the cell phone can then be permanently deactivated when it is reported stolen. previously carriers were only disabling the s.i.m. card which could be swapped out. hewlett-packard jumping into

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but it also means some rain coming for everybody on this tuesday april 10th, "today in the bay." keep those umbrellas handy. good morning, thanks so much for joining us. 6:29 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. and i'm john kelly and we check in with meteorologist christina loren, spring break and the rain comes and it means two things, because the kids love jumping in the mud puddles and the parents hate it because they come in the house with muddy feet. >> we don't want you to do that today, kids, the first wave of moisture has come through and if you are waking up in the city of san jose you can see the nature of the showers kind of falling apart over the santa cruz mountains but out in the pacific there's more developing. we'll time out the system for you, if it's not already raining at your house, we'll let you know when it will be and when you can get the kids outdoors. you know when it rains, it slows

on the road. let's check in with mike. >> that's right, christina, you should slow down because of the slippery conditions. the north bay with travel flowing, and southbound nice volume and a lot of schools in  marin county out of session and that a lighter flow past the schools but the slower drive through san rafael. the east bay volume is kicking in and it looks more dramatic because of the glow of the lights, the water on the roadway enhances lights and watch the conditions. the off-ramps could be conditions in the east bay and an issue in the south bay as well. "today in the bay's" bob redell where police are still on the scene of a deadly accident in mountain view. >> reporter: yes, they said they would be out of here about 6:00 around a half hour ago but obviously this investigation is taking longer than expeed but it looks like they are taking apart some of their measuring

equipment which gives us an indication should be cleared up relatively soon. this accident shut down the northbound lanes of shoreline at wright avenue just off central expressway. a driver of a black pickup accidently hit and killed a pedestrian just before 9:00 last night. don't know the circumstances surrounding the accident, whether a pedestrian was walking along -- >> all right, obviously we lost audio to bob's live shot out there but we'll continue to watch what is happening in mountain view as police remain on the scene this morning with the investigation continuing in to that fatal accident of a pedestrian. an on campus memorial at oikos university. "today in the bay's" stephanie truong is live in the school where the community will be gathering later on this morning and everybody trying to gather together as they mourn this tragic situation. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. just a few minutes ago a small group of about four people from oikos wrapped up the initial

cleanup, setup preparations for the memorial service that will happen at 10:00 this morning. they were trimming trees, the weeds, and cutting the lawn and sweeping. all around the memorial you see the messages and flowers left behind. and the school is also focusing on raising money for the victims' families if you go to o oikosuniversity.org you'll see the memorial set up. and the tibetan foundation is trying to collect money for funeral expenses for two students whose families are overseas in india. ♪ and there's also been efforts to heal through music. the school has held daily 30-minute memorial concerts every day except sunday. the noon concerts are open to

the public and will continue through april 30th. and that date, april 30th, is also when we expect the suspect one goh to be back in court and perhaps enter a plea to the seven charges of murder and three charges of attempted murder. live in oakland, stephanie truong, "today in the bay." the former modesto high school teacher who made national headlines when he started living with one of his students is due in court today, 41-year-old james hooker left his family and he quit his job last february to live with 18-year-old student jordan powers. hooker now facing charges of sexual misconduct with a different teenager, an incident that took place 14 years ago. he has a hearing in that case taking place as we told you. powers says she ended the relationship with hooker following his arrest on friday. it is 6:33 right now. don't be alarmed if you smell some gas and hear loud noises in the south bay today. pg&e will vent natural gas from a 20-mile stretch of pipeline

that it will be pressure testing with water in the alum rock area of east san jose. they began pressure testing pipes after the deadly san bruno blast. they say the natural gas will dissipate into the air and will not be harmful. gas service is not expected to be affected for people living in the area. bay area lawmakers looking to gain support for regulating medical marijuana, tom ammian know wants to create an agency to oversee existing laws and regulations for medical marijuana. 2 1/2 percent tax could be imposed. and those looking to attend san jose state university may soon face some new hurdles. the university president will announce changes today regard ing admissions for local students. currently santa clara county high school students are guaranteed a mission if they meet the entrance requirements.

the new plan is only to give them preference. overcrowding and budget cuts are behind the changes. this morning crews in the tri-valley will break ground on a $2 million trail that will run underneath 580. the project will close an 800-foot gap between the two trails that stop on opposite sides of the freeway. 580 has been a barrier for people on foot and drive for the people wanting to go back and forth from double lyublin and pleasanton. it's 6:35 right now and we check back in with christina, what's happening out there? >> it depends on where you live, good morning to you. the microclimates really distinguishing themselves this morning. let's start by taking a live look at san jose. and you can actually see a little bit of blue out there in that sky. camera just went dark for a moment. let's take you live to san francisco and we've got flight delays out of sfo two hours at this point. light showers coming down. more on the way so you want to

check ahead with your carrier as we head throughout the morning hours whenever there's weather, very typical to see the flight delays at sfo. two hours already. the ripple effect likely to take place today as well. as you can see right now, though, our front kind of falling apart. this is the first wave of moisture. more is on the way. but we're not dealing with the yellows or the oranges, just light greens and that's mostly centralized over the tri-valley. over the next two hours temperatures will struggle to break into the 60s today. even with limited sunshine. we're talking about maybe a five to six-degree temperature spread from 54 degrees in san jose to 60 later on, that's it. i will get to my seven-day forecast, ire time iwe're timin next two systems letting you when you can get outdoors. first want to check your drive with mike. we'll take you over to the east bay. a sigalert has been declared at least by the department of motor

vehicle -- not the department of motor vehicles, the department of transportation over through the area eastbound 80 at richmond parkway. we've got the countercommute direction slowing because it's down to two lanes with traffic flowing toward highway 4. that's opposite your main commute. westbound is showing a slower drive about 19 to 20 minutes. a smooth flow down towards the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. 580 itself one lane is blocked at the macarthur boulevard exit. two accidents happened over the last hour, still blocking one lane and some minor injuries reported and some distraction but no major slowing. we'll get a look over to the south bay with northbound 101 showing that slow drive north of 680 heading past 880 and, again, up past the airport with speeds into the 50s and we've still got the closure for north shoreline boulevard. the northbound side at wright avenue continues to be closed with the investigation with the overnight deadly accident. we'll look at the live look at the golden gate bridge, a smooth drive with the clouds hanging

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president obama sit to pitch a new plan one would that affect your tax bill, millionaires and billionaires should be paying more in taxes. tracie potts joining us live from washington. with this tax deadline now a week away, this is an issue very front, of course, in the front

of the minds of americans. >> reporter: absolutely. and it's the so-called buffett rule. remember warren buffett said his secretary was paying a bigger chunk of her income in taxes than he was. the obama administration picked up on that and today the president will be at florida atlantic university in boca raton to talk about how the government can incorporate this buffett rule and ensure that millionaires pay at least 30% of their income in taxes. this is also becoming a big issue on the campaign trail especially after mitt romney who is a multiuntilaire amultimill romney was paying an effective return of 14.5%, the senate will take it up on monday but unlikely it will come to a full vote because they don't have the 60 votes to even bring it that far. in the meantime, what are independent voters thinking? a swing state poll found that while many of them prf president obama over mitt romney by about six percentage points, they are not as focused on economic

equality as economic opportunity, john? >> thank you. and 6:41 right now. coming up, 15 minutes of uninterrupted news including a live update from the scene of n deadlyewvi at in mountain view. with all your car does for you, he really wants to hear those three little words: chevron with techron. care for your car.

welcome back, everybody. you want me to take this one? i'll take this one. it's 6:24 right now and let's check in with christina loren and take it away and tell us about the weather. >> good morning to you. grab your umbrella before you head out the door, don't forget to take that with you or you might get wet later on today. we've got a lot of rain on the way. the first wave about through the bay area, lingering light shower activity situated over the tri-

valley, but you can see it's kind of a dreary overcast day with on-and-off showers is what you can expect, so grab your umbrella. as we head throughout this afternoon we've got another wave of moisture on the way but i wanted to zoom in and show you watch out for slick conditions on 680 also pretty slick conditions between hercules and richmond. you want to take it easy out there. it's been raining for the past two hours. stop the clock at your futurecast, at 1:00 p.m. starting to lighten up and a spotty pattern. the light showers will come back by midnight, and we'll get a bit of a break for the second half of your wednesday. i wanted to stop at 5:00 p.m. and show you that we'll have blue skies overhead at 5:00 p.m. that's a good time to get your outdoor activities done even if it's bringing in the mail. we've got more rain on the second half of your thursday. stopping the clock at 10:00 a.m., you can get out in the south bay the first part of thursday but the next system is

packing more moisture and cold air, so that will tumble temperatures into the mid-50s for friday. how much are we expecting from the first system? maybe a half of an inch up in the north bay and the next system could add an additional inch of rain to your totals in the north bay, we're expecting about an inch and a half in napa and santa rosa, and an inch in san jose where we need the rain. let's help you plan around it. tuesday, rain, a good idea for indoor plans and you can get outdoors the second half of your wednesday and thursday the rain returns with a vengeance and friday home opener, a big day, a lot of people outdoors, 60 degrees, you want to bring the pancho but we won't have steady rain but on-and-off showers and a temp of 59 degrees in san francisco. p.m. clearing outdoors by saturday, and it warms nicely on sunday. we've got the rain affecting the traction on the roadways. we've got a couple of accidens s

also. and still reports of a the slow lane blocked because of one of the accidents overturned vehicle on its roof but just some pain. someone had sore ribs and naturally that might occur as you jostle around. no major slowing through oakland. looking at now coming away from the bridge westbound 80 transitioning on to southbound 880 there's a disabled tractor-trailer. might be affecting the view but no lanes reported blocked. that's a distraction. the metering lights are on. slowing on the eastshore freeway coming in your commute direction westbound. eastbound we've got down to two lanes where christina talked about slippery conditions because of the rain as well, heading north past richmond parkway and highway 4 through hercules and slowing through the carquinez bridge. a heads-up for you there. the south bay is looking smooth north of san jose, but 101 shows slowing and highway 87 looking

at speeds into the 40s and 50s into downtown. and the update shoreline boulevard north at wright avenue we had all lanes reported as closed. they are just reopening, but do you know what, we've got bob redell out there and hopefully he's got an update. what's the latest on the overnight deadly accident? >> reporter: they just reopened the lanes within the past five minutes. good morning to you, mike, at north shoreline and wright avenue just off of central expressway. you can see the city of mountain view is sweeping up what is left of the flares that police used to divert traffic. this accident happened just before 9:00 last night when the driver of a black pickup truck accidently hit and killed a pedestrian. we don't know the circumstances surrounding the accident, whether the pedestrian was walking alongside the road, trying to cross the street or something else, that person did die here on the scene in front of someone's driveway. he was an adult man, was carrying no identification, so don't know, you know -- one of the challenges for police this morning is trying to find out

who this person was so that his family can be notified. police do tell us that the driver of the truck did stop and has been cooperating with officers. again, your major commute thoroughfare on north shoreline off of central expressway in mountain view is back open in time for you to get back to work. reporting live in mountain view, bob redell, "today in the bay." 6:49 right now. a memorial service just a few hours from now will pay tribute to the victims of last week's deadly shooting rampage at a small oakland university. stephanie truong is live with how the school is trying to help families try to move forward. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. already a small group of about four people from oikos university came out here to clean up ahead of that memorial service at 10:00 this morning. they were really focused on the table you see in the distance with a memorial of flowers and messages left behind for all seven victims. here at the main entrance is also where the school has been

trying to heal through music. ♪ and this is jennifer zhang performing a song she wrote for one of the victims who she considered a big sister, lydia sim, 21 years old. the noon xon certains concerts the public and they'll continue through sunday. one way the school has been trying to help with the healing is fund-raising for the victims' families, oikosuniversity.org shows the foundation information for the wells fargo account. one goh is expected to enter a plea april 30th to the seven charges of murder and three charges of attempted murder. live in oakland, stephanie truong, "today in the bay." san francisco police hoping to offer some reassurance later on today for nervous residents

living near the scene of a mass murder in san francisco. investigators say that the three men and two women had been beaten to death with a sharp-edged weapon. 35-year-old bin thai look is in custody facing multiple murder counts. later on today the police chief will host a town hall meeting to talk about public safety concerns in the ingleside neighborhood. the meeting will be at the wellness auditorium at san francisco city college at 5:15. new this morning fire krcre are mopping up after a blaze in the east bay. the fire started before 2:00 this morning at this cash 4 gold on hesperian near hacienda. no one was injured, firefighters think it was started accidently by someone trying to steal comer wiring. pg&e cut off power to the building and expected to turn it on at 9:30 this morning. police patrolling dodger stadium leading up to the home

opener. lapd started the patrols last night in stadium parking lots and parks near the stadium. the goal is to keep fans from arriving too early and drinking before the ball game. the increased security is as a result of bryan stow's beating at last year's home opener. and stow still recovering after the jumping last year. two men are charged in the attack that left stow with severe brain damage. his family right now suing the team over stadium security for $50 million. 6:52 right now. a san jose man who convinced investors he was creating the next google now faces federal charges. benedict van is accused of collecting $7 million for two web-based start-ups. he told the investors he was taking the companies public but he was using the cash to keep the companies afloat just before he shut them down. most of the investors are from sacramento and stockton. new this morning, a major development in the man accused

of the deadly attack and the devastation in norway last summer. marla is following the latest overnight developments and she's in the newsroom. >> you might recall the july massacre that left almost 80 people dead. this morning a court has found the suspect competent to stand trial. ande anders brevic is a right-wing extremist, he went on a shooting spree at a teen summer camp just outside the capital city. it was back in july. in all, 77 people died. well, today a psychiatric assessment finds he is not criminally insane. the report comes just six days before he's scheduled to go on trial. today is the deadline for syria to cease fire in the one-year uprising against president bashar al assad. amateur video shows heavy

fighting in homs today. the choice is government officials are saying its military forces have begun pulling out and they are complying with a truce deal brokered by the u.n. north korean space officials announcing today all preparations for this week's planned satellite launch have been completed. north korean officials also denying the rocket launch is a cover for a missile test. the international community, of course, having a very hard time believing this. in the meantime this morning we are just learning the launch is forcing airlines in the philippines to reroute flights. now, the launch is set to happen sometime between this thursday to monday. john and laura? >> thank you very much. it is 6:54 right now. new education report is out this morning suggesting america's youngest students are getting left behind. the national institute for early education research says that state spending for pre-kindergarten programs has hit record lows down by $145 per student.

this comes as enrollment in the programs continues to rise. experts say without early education, many kids are doomed to fail. >> they don't behave well. they don't learn much. they don't get rewarded by the school. before you know it, they're on a path to high school dropout. that's a pathway to prison. >> program quality is another concern. only 12 states met all the group's benchmarks for quality pre-k classes, things like educated teachers, training and small class sizes. the number of teen births in the u.s. has dropped dramatically in recent years, the new statistics show teen births dec 2010. reaching just over 34 births per 1,000 teenage girls. now, this rate has actually dropped 44% since 1990. but we can tell you the statistics vary by region. in the state of mississippi, for example, there were 55 teen

births for 1,000, while in new hampshire, the rate was fewer than 16. 6:55 right now. some publicity shy mega millionaires have finally surfaced, sort of. maryland's lottery director said three school employees have come forward to claim their share of the $656 million jackpot. two teachers and a school administrator say they each pitched in $20 each to buy 60 tickets. one of those tickets matched all six numbers including the mega ball and they all opted for the lump sum taking home just under $35 million each. a woman who had claimed she had the winning ticket but had misplaced it is not one of the winners, but the winners want to remain anonymous. >> i cannot blame them. it is 6:56 right now and the "today" show is next and ann curry gives us a look at what they are working on this morning. >> good morning, coming up on a tuesday morning on "today," george zimmerman breaks his silence, and we'll tell you what he's saying about the shooting of trayvon martin as a special

prosecutor could announce if charges will be filed. also ahead this morning a woman arrested outside of alec baldwin's apartment now charged with stalking the actor in order to stay away from him. but she says there is more to this story. we'll explain. then can women finally say good-bye to cellulite? we'll show you the new treatment that some doctors are calling revolutionary. we have today's professionals in the house to protect everything from what ashley judd has to say to her critics about her so-called puffy face and when it's okay for grown men to cry in the house and carol king is in the house when we get started on this tuesday morning on "today." lindsay lohan could be turning the tables on a woman who filed a police report against her. tmz reports lohan and her attorney will ask for an investigation of their own. a woman filed an incident report on saturday claiming lohan shoved her on thursday. now lohan wants the l.a. county

sheriff's department to investigate the woman for filing a false police report. world famous artist thomas kinkade died in his sleep according to the painter's girlfriend. amy pinto is telling the "mercury" that he died peacefully friday morning. pinto says the two had been dating for the past 18 months, about 6 months after the painter's wife filed for legal separation. the autopsy was performed monday but it could take weeks before the actual kawls cause of death determined. 100 years ago today, yes, the tit"titanic" set sail from southampton, england, to new york, that is, of course, the ship hailed as unsinkable will never arrive to its destination. it sank after hitting the iceberg on april 15th, 1912. more than 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers there and the crew died. time to catch a little falcon fever, once again san jose city hall gripped by it, it

happens every time this year, clara, the proud momma falcon has expanded her family. take a look, all four eggs have happened, three on sunday and the fourth yesterday. you can see clara's feeding breakfast to her new brood there. biologists say they plan to leave the family alone until next month when they will put tracker bands on the baby falcons. >> fuzzy babies, very hungry. it's 6:59, let's check in with christina loren. >> hope you are hungry for the rain, we've got rain in the forecast just about all day long, the heaviest rain coming down in the east bay tri-valley, but the showers are falling apart. but expect the activity to ramp back up throughout the morning. we should get a break between 12:00 and 5:00 tonight and more rain overnight into the morning hours. we'll be tracking the showers for you when we meet back tomorrow. let's check the drive with mike. >> a quick look at the maps. the south bay shows a typical