a benefit for programs serving over 2,500 developmentally disabled children and adults, for more .nfoat v new this morning, students have already said they've had enough, now faculty is doing the same thing 24,000 cal state university employees start taking a strike authorization vote today. i'm christie smith with that story coming up. it's been over a month since sierra lamar disappeared from her morgan hill home and still no sign of her. her family is marking the day next. a high stakes lawsuit gets underway for two silicon valley giants, why oracle is gunning for google. and a live look outside this morning. embarcadero, simply beautiful for this monday, april 16th, this is "today in the bay."

good morning, everybody. it's just about 4:31 on a monday morning, i'm john kelley. >> lots to get to this morning. let's check that forecast with christina loren coming off a beautiful weekend. >> yeah, a lot of people headed back to work this week, as well. spring break comes to a screeching halt for the kiddos out there. this morning, it's mild. you'll want that jacket. but by noon, the temperatures will climb into the mid-60s and we were talking about the 70s. things start to change a little bit as we head to tuesday and wednesday. we'll take you to those changes, 4:31, he's back, we're happy about it. >> thank you for covering for me there. great job right now, we have spring break over. this is an unpleasant start to the week for this person getting on to northbound 101 expressway. an accident car didn't make it on to the freeway, made it off of the off-ramp. no delays on 101 pastha tt portion of the south bay.

we'll get a look at 101 across the golden gate bridge. and a smooth drive. there you go with a smooth flow into the city, out of the city northbound, they haven't adjusted those cones. they'll do that in half an hour. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. this could be the largest strike of higher education teachers in u.s. history. >> the california faculty association will be voting today on whether to walk the picket line at all 23 csu campuses. live in hayward with what members are fighting for. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. well, tensions keep heating up over education. csu faculty are saying they're fed up and angry over all the hits they've had to take. so in just a couple of hours, they'll start the process of voting to authorize a strike. they haven't released the exact day of when that might happen. but this is after negotiations failed to produce an agreement after nearly two years. and this comes at a really tough time for the csu system, which has lost nearly $1 billion in

state funding since 2008. they've hiked tuition, laid off instructors, and cut admissions for students. in the past, we've seen students leading the charge against these cuts. but the california faculty association is frustrated and they're considering a two-day strike. these are librarians, professors, counselors, coaches saying they've been asked to take big hits while campus presidents get big raises. but a csu spokesperson said he believes a settlement can be reached, voting starts today and runs for two weeks through april 27th. again, they haven't said when that strike might happen. reporting live in hayward, christie smith, "today in the bay." the coast guard has suspended the search for four missing sailors thrown from their boat during a deadly sailing accident over the weekend. one crew member was killed, three others rescued from the rocks by a helicopter. four others remain missing even though they were wearing life vests. given the cold temperature of the water and the fact they've

been missing since saturday afternoon, experts say there's little chance they'll be found alive. friends and family gathered at the san francisco yacht club in belvedere yesterday to grieve. >> now we've lost not only like these amazing, beautiful human beings, but the top sailors in our entire county. if anyone could've made it, they should have made it. it's not right. >> the wreck happened while the 38-foot boat low-speed chase was competing in a race around saturday afternoon. 15-foot wave hit the boat knocking most of the crew overboard. if the four missing are confirmed dead, it would be the deadliest sailing accident in the bay in about 30 years. marital problems may have led to the shooting death of a second grade teacher over the weekend. police say it appears the woman's estranged husband shot her and then himself outside an attorney's office. witnesses telling police, the

woman was confronted by the man after she left that office. the 41-year-old man died at the hospital and the 43-year-old woman was pronounced dead a few hours later. >> today we got a call approximately two minutes after 2:00, several 911 calls, initial reports of shots fired. someone being shot here at 10 keller street. >> friends of the couple telling the press the pair had marital problems and some say they were in the process of getting a divorce. well, it's been exactly one month since sierra lamar was last seen. and today friends and family commemorate that anniversary. the 15-year-old disappeared back on march 16th on her way to school. since then, hundreds of volunteers have spent weeks combing through fields in morgan hill and surrounding areas searching for any kind of clues. tonight sierra's family will hold a balloon release and prayer vigil at burnett

elementary. more volunteer searches are set for wednesday, saturday, and sunday. a federal judge calls it the series of high-tech lawsuits. a billion dollar trial pitting two tech giants against each other. oracle is suing google for patent infringement. oracle claims google's android software violates oracle's copyrights. opening arguments could begin by mid-morning. the trial is expected to last about ten weeks. soon, oakland voters could have their say on term limits and rank choice voting. considering a measure for the november ballot that would limit council members and the cityou attorney to three consecutive four-year terms in office. another would repeal rank choice voting. instead those races would go back to a general election early in the year followed by a run-off election in november. rank-choice voting was approved by oakland voters in 2006 but the system has faced criticism

since mayor jean quan beat the state senator even though prada was the top choice of more voters. people in the midwest cleaning up and recovering after a deadly string of tornadoes across the region, nearly 100 tornadoes touched down in several states on saturday, one of the hardest hit areas was woodward, oklahoma. at least five people were killed when a twister ripped through a mobile home park there. meantime in kansas, tornados destroyed entire neighborhoods. >> everything's gone. just gone everything we worked for all of our lives. >> have you ever heard the statement you get out with the clothes on your back. that's exactly what happened to us. we don't have anything. >> truth be told, this could have been a lot worse if it wasn't for great work by weather experts. forecasters began warning of life-threatening tornadoes last week. >> look at that. isn't that bizarre? the roof torn off but the iron exactly where they left it on the ironing board.

it ended up being a lovely sunday afternoon. good morning, christina. >> good morning. that same system they're talking about is the system that brought all the lightning to the bay area. so it actually intensified crossing over the rockies as we typically see. now, for us, we've got quite a pattern shift to look forward to this week. temperatures are starting out mild, they will stay mild. take a look at where we are right now. 50s in places like oakland and san francisco. 51 degrees here, we're at 48, good morning to you down in san jose, and we're headed towards a really, really good-looking day. temperatures climbing into the mid to upper 60s by noon today. rounding out in the 70s, right by the water, santa cruz, 68 degrees, great day to hit the beach. and you can work on your tan every single day this week. haven't had an opportunity to do so this spring. 64 degrees in san francisco, 69 in oakland, and things start to change. the jet stream stays to our north, however, an area of low pressure is going to cross into the pacific northwest.

for us, that means we could see a few light showers up in the north bay. i'll describe that coming up. basically, you'll need your shades, sun block all week long. my seven-day forecast in my next report. >> folks, we'll take you to the east bay now. the accident out in santa clara has cleared from the expressway. we're looking now eastbound 80. now it sounds like it's westbound 80 at appian way. we're looking at an accident. the car went off the roadway up the hillside. no major injuries, but we'll have a tow truck that will have to pull the car off the embankment. and again, that's going to be westbound. the correction coming in off the reports there. we have a smooth flow westbound continuing down to the bay bridge, 18 minutes after the bridge to the toll plaza and no major problems right now. we'll see a heavier volume because spring breaks are over all over the bay now. highway 4, the only issue right now is construction at hill crest off the eastbound side, the off ramp there, we're looking for westbound to slow down, about 5:30 this morning,

5:20. we'll get a live look at the bay. moving smoothly with the taillights. no wind advisories across the bay. back to you. >> welcome back, mike. well, san francisco police asking property owners to secure the vacant buildings to keep protesters from squatting after word of a possible takeover by protesters may 1st of an undisclosed property. earlier this month, police arrested 75 demonstrators for taking over a building owned by the archdiocese of san francisco. it is 4:40 right now. washington investigating an embarrassing scandal involving secret service. how president obama's reacting to all of the allegations. best buy announces it is closing dozens of stores, some right here in the bay area. the reason for those closures coming up next. and one family's loss becomes another family's saving grace. the story behind an amazing gift one bay area man received is coming up. and for all your news,

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welcome back, everybody. monday morning here and that is the embarcadero in san francisco glowing out there in the early

morning hours. the sun not even close to coming up. we'll keep you posted on everything. it is 4:43. president obama says he is reserving judgment as congress investigates embarrassing allegations that several secret service agents hired prostitutes. during an official trip to colombia. an advance team of secret service agents brought local prostitutes back to their hotel after preparing for president obama's arrival at the summit of the americas last thursday. 11 agents including two supervisors were sent home and placed on leave. the u.s. military says five service members may also have participated. president obama says he's waiting for confirmation before he reacts. >> if it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course i'll be angry. >> in a statement, the secret service says it demands more from its employees and these

expectations are met and exceeded every day by the vast majority of our workforce. congress will also investigate the allegations. today marks five years since the deadliest rampage by a single gunman in u.s. history. a student named sung hi jo opened fire killing 32 students and faculty before turning the gun on himself. the shootings put national attention on how schools warn students about emergencies and laws purchasing guns and even mental health care for students. joe had previously been declared mentally ill. the senate all set to vote today on the so-called buffett rule to raise taxes on millionaires. last wednesday, president obama surrounding himself with several business executives and their assistants who he says agree with the principles of the buffett rule. if you make more than $1 million a year, you should pay at least the same percentage of your income and taxes as middle class families. the buffett rule is, of course,

named after billionaire warren buffett who says he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. the debt crisis in europe weighing heavily on wall street this morning. for that and the rest of the news before the bell, we turn it over to jackie at cnbc headquarters. good morning, jackie. >> good morning, john. wall street comes off the worse week of the year. investors continue to keep an eye on europe's debt crisis with the focus now on spain. yields on government bonds are spiking to levels that make it very difficult for the country to refinance its debt. spain, of course, is europe's fifth largest economy. the asian markets fell over night. european markets a touch higher this morning. and in the u.s., we'll get the data on retail sales and things to watch for that. citigroup reports earnings, kicking off a big week of earnings from companies like intel, ibm, bank of america, coca-cola, and ge. we saw the dow falling on friday to close at 12,849. the nasdaq losing 44 points to close at 3,011. and residents and businesses

in the midwest are cleaning up today following this weekend's deadly tornadoes. one of boeing's major suppliers spirit air systems has shut its plant in wichita, kansas, through tuesday to assess some of the damage to several buildings. spirit's ceo says the majority of the plant is intact. they make the fuselages. they are also maker of the biggest jets. and finally, best buy has confirmed plans to close 42 u.s. stores, the stores will likely shut their doors for good may 12th. including a location in east palo alto. best buy has struggled, of course, from stiff competition from online retailers and slow sales of electronics like flat screen tvs. >> thank you very much for the report. >> all right. i want to welcome christina loren to the set talking about nice temperatures this week perhaps. >> yeah, great-looking forecast

this week. nothing tells the story better than that seven-day outlook. stick around for that. but right now, really kind of a sweet start on a monday morning. 51 degrees in oakland. you can go straight to the sweater. no need for that heavy coat this morning and you can forget about the umbrella just about all week long except, yeah, we've got one caveat. a little system of low pressure might bring some showers to the north bay tuesday and wednesday. but otherwise, we're looking mostly dry, sunny, and warm this week. in fact, wait until you see midweek towards this weekend. i've bumped your temperatures up to 85 degrees inland. so it's going to get very warm around here very quickly. 59 degrees by noon today in san mateo, 63 degrees in palo alto and rounding out the day with plenty of 70s. 70 in fremont and a comfortable 73 degrees in san jose. high pressure taking that jet stream to the north. what's going to happen is this little area of low pressure is going to cross to our north, but going to drag a weak cold front along with it.

the tail end of that front could bypass areas, especially north of marin county. but i think we might see a few stray showers sneak into sonoma as we head through tuesday and wednesday. that chance is very slight up to about 30% and a better chance for that on tuesday than wednesday. look at where your temperatures head between thursday and friday. up to 84 degrees inland, 75 in san francisco and 70 degrees in pacifica. so great beach days as we head into this upcoming weekend. a gorgeous weekend. warmer than the one we came off of. >> sounds lovely. >> indeed it does. with every organ transplant, there's heartbreak for one family and hope for another one. >> this weekend, a san jose man was able to meet the family of a donor who gave him a heart and saved his life. terrence shaw was diagnosed with cardio myopathy nine years ago, but last year he received a transplant.

this weekend his family agreed to meet shaw and other organ recipients their son and brother had helped. >> i said this must be really hard for you. and it's very bizarre that we're in this place. and the emotions obviously are high and it's harder for you than it is for me. and i wish i could, you know, have something beyond simply thank you. >> shaw says he plans to honor his donor by living life to the fullest. within a few months of his transplant, he rode a 50-mile bike race and was also hiking 30 miles a week. he says he's grateful to all of those who choose to be organ donors. >> yeah, impressive he's that active already. it's 4:50 right now. the beard going to be on the sidelines for a long time. brian williams has an injury keeping him out most of the season. plus, rough ending to the

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welcome back everybody on this monday morning. that is the giants flag up in san francisco blowing near the arena. not good news yesterday on a couple of accounts. we'll fill you in coming right now. it is 4:54. >> perhaps it should be at half staff because just a few games into the season, the san francisco giants have to find a new closure. that's right. this man, brian wilson says he's likely headed for elbow surgery once the season is over. >> it's an opportunity for me to get a better arm. you know, why is that disappointing? i get to throw harder. i like it. i like my odds. i get to become, you know, more involved in the community, and better watch out because i'll be upstairs in the booth. i'll be announcing games, maybe win an emmy. >> you know what? he just might. wilson says he's going to see a few more doctors before he makes

a decision on surgery. this is wilson's second elbow procedure. >> at least he's keeping a positive outlook. the giants opening weekend at home snapping a three-game winning streak. making a season debut against his old team, that being the pirates. he allows two runs. didn't get much help from the giants' offense. the giants take on the phillies tonight at at&t. the a's on the road for the last meeting with the mariners until june. holding off any scoring until the fifth inning. two on for eric sogard. we're tied at three. but that was about it for the a's. well, yeah. mariners going to win this one 5-3 as the a's out on the road again tonight battling the angels. >> you know somebody who has been on the road a little while? mike. >> thank you, great break we had last week. we're going to cut folks a break

over here in the east bay. this is mallory avenue, getting on to northbound 880, traffic flows smoothly past a non-injury accident. but south bay is a smooth flow for 880 down into san jose. i said spring breaks are over all over. they're not. union school district does have the week off and that will be a lighter flow for that district as well as others in the vicinity. we'll get a live look outside and see how things are shaping up for 880 past the oakland coliseum. a smooth drive. the lights are glowing, but not because of moisture in the air, i think it's leftovers from the rain, maybe mud and smearing on the lens. smearing on the lens, that's what you want to hear first thing in the morning. back to you. >> thank you. >> it helps, right? hey, the world's tallest dog made quite an impression on the "today" show this morning. >> yes, he did. his name is giant george, 7'1" from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail.

he weighs 245 pounds, eats about 180 pounds of food every month, sleeps in his own queen-size bed at the foot of his owners' bed. and believe it or not, giant george was the runt of the litter of 13. i bet he can eat a lot of scooby snacks. >> he's like a horse. >> i'm surprised that sofa can hold him. >> yeah, no kidding. that's cool. look at the size of those paws. >> impressive toes. hey, still ahead on "today in the bay," a search for a group of missing boaters is on hold this morning. where they disappeared and why they say their families thought it could never happen.

new this morning, cal state university faculty may be hitting the picket line soon. i'm christie smith. i'll tell you what they'