everything's a go for 5:00 a.m. opening of doyle drive. i'm bob redell. >> crews try to clean up the wreckage of a big rig traveling the center divide, but the rig's cargo making for a tricky operation. nursing students who witnessed a deadly shooting in their kland classroom, resuming classes today as the suspect prepares to enter a plea. and this monday morning, beautiful bay bridge, it's already monday, april 30th. this is "today in the bay."

good monday morning, everybody, it is now 4:30. i'm john kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. interstate 680 closed in both directions right now. may be that way for the next couple of hours all because of a big rig crash before 10:00 last night in pleasanton. take a look at that. truck hit the concrete divider with such impact it sent debris in the oncoming lane. adding to the complications of the cleanup, the truck was carrying barrels of hazardous materials. the truck driver was having mechanical problems before the accident. >> for other reasons it had went into the center divider and collided into the center divider wall which caused it to overturn on the passenger side. >> cars were involved in the accident, but luckily no reports of any injuries. let's get right to mike right now with the latest. >> i apologize to running to set. but we did just get updated

information, eight, maybe even ten vehicles, that may be the tally we hear. the hazardous material onboard sounds like diesel fuel was spilled. and they were worried that 150 gallons were involved. and even though the map says it's closed in both directions, the updated location is just at sunol boulevard. fortunately for this situation, they're able to open traffic up -- right up to sunol boulevard. either directions, folks will get off of the freeway and back on the freeway at that same exit and on-ramp. now, even better than that, we're looking at maybe another half an hour until they can open at least one lane in either direction. that'll at least start the flow. but right now, you're cut off for at least the freeway and you're going to have to use the alternate they've set up for you. expect slowing and through pleasa pleasanton. highway 84 is open through livermore and pleasanton and a good option coming from 580 and foothill road from the opposite

side from castro valley. we'll track this in just another 45 minutes to an hour, this could become another major traffic hot spot. back to christina for better news to start our day, i think. >> yeah, good news in the weather department. good morning toan you. new forecast, new week. we have some interesting things haening. a little bit of rain on that seven-day. but this morning, we don't need that heavy coat. temperatures are rather mild to start. we're in the 50s and couple of 60s out there this morning. we're headed toward the 70s. one of the warmer days in the forecast period. we're going to cool you down. take you to the full forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you so much, christina. it appears everything's right on schedule. the demolition almost complete. >> and the bypass set to open in half an hour from now. bob redell with the latest. what's the latest in the street? >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, laura, and jon, we just spoke with the spokesperson for the project and they said they are all on schedule to reopen at 5:00 a.m. right behind me is what remains of doyle drive. you can see the 76-year-old

flyover road has been destroyed. what remains looks like a large game of dominos there. you can get an idea of what this bypass you're mentioning looks like. the project has set up this web cam here at sheridan. what they're doing right now is cleaning up, getting people out of the way, making sure the road is safe and then chp will conduct the reopening we're told at 5:00 a.m. straight up and that is the plan right now. there's no indication that there are going to be delays. if you're a commuter from marin into san francisco, here's what to expect this morning. the speed limit has been dropped from 40 to 35 miles an hour. so it's a little bit slower. they want you to not be blazing through there as fast as you might normally just because the alignment is different. they want people to get used to that. they're also asking people to obviously slow down. if you can shift your hours so there are not as many people on the commute, they're asking you

to do that. and there's also additional ferry service for this week as commuters try to get used to this new road alignment. there is a big bend in there, also a tunnel you'll be going through, that's a new feature. they're expecting that. people are trekking out of this new alignment. people would be slowing down. if you're wondering why they took down doyle drive, this is part of a project going on for some time now and they had to get rid of this old roadway not only because it's old, but because they deemed it to be seismically unsafe. you're going to see today, but the rest still needs to be completed and they expect to have that done, $1 billion project by 2016 at the latest. reporting live at the doyle driveway. bob redell, "today in the bay." the man accused of killing seven people at oakland's oikos university back before a judge today. expected to enter a plea during a court hearing in oakland this afternoon. goh is in solitary confinement

at the jail only allowed to leave his cell for about an hour a day. facing the death penalty if convicted of the charges against him. and nursing students at oikos university resuming classes this morning four weeks after that campus shooting spree. school administrators say students will not be returning to the building where the murders occurred. instead, classes will be held today at unitech college in fremont. for the second time in as many weeks, three people are dead, a fourth still missing after an offshore collision in mexico. the 37-foot boat was racing from newport beach to ensenada. >> we were seeing a lot of pieces, as well. and that was kind of an indication to me that whatever had happened to the vessel was pretty dramatic impact. >> the incident in southern california comes the same

weekend the coast guard canceled races off san francisco because of a deadly yachting accident two weeks ago. that claimed five lives. the family of one of those victims will hold a memorial service at at&t park today. 26-year-old alex bush, a former giants bat girl was on the low-speed chase when several crew members were swept overseas. at 1:00 p.m. today her family will hold a public memorial service in her honor. bush was the first bat girl in major league baseball history. an artist is bringing back to life the face of an east bay victim who died decades ago. on june 3rd, 1993 in the town of port costa northwest of martinez, a man walking his dog discovered a woman's body. the only thing known about her was she died of head trauma and she'd been dead for some time. a forensic artist who usually works with skulls to recreate a person was unable to use photos this time. she's helping to trigger someone's memory to get that

case solved. >> until someone identifies, it's just kind of a piece of artwork, and that's not where i want it to be. i'd like that person to be identified. that's the whole purpose. >> through dna analysis, the victim was a white woman, 20 to 35 years of age standing nearly 5 1/2 feet tall, weighing about 90 to 120 pounds. anyone with information about the victim's identity is asked to contact the contra costa county sheriff's office. if you drive through some of oakland's busiest streets, that ride will soon feel smoother. kicking off its annual spring pothole blitz this morning. the program is aimed at fixing potholes at high traffic areas. this year, crews are starting in north oakland and they want your help. a pothole is rattling your ride, call the agency so they can get out and fix it. with a limited budget, the city can only patch streets as opposed to repaving them. i want to check the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren coming off a

nice weekend. beautiful weekend. just beautiful. we're going to get more of the same this week. overall looking cooler, cloudier, and we're going to add some showers back into the mix over the course of the next 72 hours. but for today, all you need to know is this morning it's gorgeous out there, you don't need the heavy coat and you can go straight to the light sweater because temperatures today are going to end up in the 70s. onshore flow back in the mix. and that's going to make for mild conditions. we're talking about the 70s inland, mid-60s bay side as high pressure is still in control of our weather pattern. we have the nice, warm down sloping winds over the course of the weekend. and as a result, temperatures will be cooler. it all works out like this. 64 degrees inland, 60 bay side really comfortable conditions out there if you wanted to break for lunch outdoors. and that time of year when temperatures end up at 72 degrees. that's our average in san jose. we're going to be right on track for the first few days of the week. and then things.

mike's busy this morning. hey. >> yeah, good morning, christina. folks, we did have another accident, i said did because seconds ago chp alerted us the accident has cleared from lanes from westbound 237. the non-injury accident had a couple of lanes tied up for about an hour. almost exactly 30 minutes and still some slow reading out on our sensors. that activity over on the shoulder now and clearing from that highway connecting 880 over toward the silicon valley. we're looking at 680. still closed there at sunol boulevard. both directions of traffic are routed off and back on to the freeway. last night just before 10:00, we had this accident. and that fuel spill and of course all the debris after that cement barrier kind of crumbled as that big rig hit it. that will be cleaned up opening another lane or two hopefully in the next few minutes and then we're looking at 7:00 until they can get things completely cleared. that's the estimate right now. we'll follow that slowdown and, of course, doyle drive still closed.

we'll connect those, but as bob redell has shown us, we're on schedule, we'll follow this, guys, but so far, it is not yet open. back to you. >> thank you very much. 4:40, the death of osama bin laden becomes a heated subject on the campaign trail. the new political ad that has republicans crying foul next. identity thieves have a brand new target. how about your facebook page? you'd be surprised how much little information they need. the two key pieces of information you may want to keep hidden coming up. and possibly some relief at your next fill-up. gas prices dropping even more this week. we're going to take a look at our latest numbers. and everything going on out there, news, weather, traffic, and all those good things, chec ar useaut o. ocebon , nbc bay area. hey, your high speed internet here at home...

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4:44 right now. this week will mark the one-year anniversary of the newest military raid that killed osama bin laden. new political ad praises president obama's leadership in authorizing that raid. but republicans say it's improper to use the event as a campaign ad. >> i want to make sure you

guys -- >> reporter: former president bill clinton campaigned for president obama at a private fundraiser last night and appears in this new ad touting mr. obama's leadership and the death of osama bin laden. >> he took the harder and more honorable path. and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> democrats say the ad promotes the president's tough decision-making. a new "time" magazine article says at the time the defense secretary advised against it. >> he took the action that did bring bin laden -- >> mitt romney said it was a foolish thing to do a few years ago. and i certainly think that's fair game. >> republicans don't think so. >> he's managed to turn it into a divisive partisan political attack. i think most americans will see it as a sign of a desperate campaign. >> the obama/romney rivalry becomes more intense this week as newt gingrich is expected to

drop out of the race wednesday. in fact, he's already lost the secret service protection which was reportedly costing taxpayers almost $40,000 a day. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. wall street looking to extend that winning streak from last week. and for a check of those markets and the rest of the news before the bell, we turn it over to jackie over at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you. well, the futures have turned a corner. we are slightly lower coming off a positive week for stocks last week. thanks to positive earnings and housing data despite friday's gdp report showing the economy grew less than expected in the first quarter. but household spending rose modestly. meantime, european markets are mixed today. and here in the u.s., investors are going to be focusing on friday's jobs report. economists have been saying the warm weather may have pushed companies to hire then than typically later in spring. and we'll get updates on personal spending and income. we saw the dow rise 23 points on

friday to 13,328, the nasdaq up 18 to 3,069. and prices at the pump continue to fall. aaa saying regular unleaded fell by a nickel in the past week to an average of $3.82. that's 8 cents lower than a month ago. in oakland, gas is averaging at $4.14 a gallon and $4.26 in san francisco. oil prices have been relatively stable which has helped push some of the gas prices lower. and finally, the cola wars are heating up again. beverage digest reporting that pepsico is close to announcing an exclusive deal to provide all the drinks for ihop and applebee's. pepsi recently snatched away business from coca-cola at family dollar stores and in january papa johns started serving pepsi products ending a 25-year relationship with coke. but coke not rolling over. earlier this month it ousted pepsi from duncan donuts and

baskin robins. guys, back over to you. >> thank you very much. i didn't know they had a beverage digest. but i guess it's a serious world out there. >> something for everyone out there. and the forecast is coming off a nice weekend. >> yeah, you know, it's a great day for coffee in the morning and then you can have, you know, your nice mocciato on ice later on. finally, mother nature giving us seasonable weather. temperatures are going to end up right about where they do average here in the bay area. as we head throughout the day today, temperatures are going to be really nice. we're talking about the mid-70s. yesterday we hit the 80s, high pressure was the reason why. it's going to move off to the east today allowing for more of the marine air to move onshore. we are expecting that marine layer to be fully in effect later on this morning. we'll have a full deck of clouds to start, but then gradually seeing that sun come out throughout the day today. by noon, we're expecting mostly sunny conditions. and by about 4:00 p.m. full-on

sunshine. mondays can be tough. but the good news is, the weather is going to make it really easy for you all week long. you don't have to worry about toting that heavy coat with you or the umbrella. you might need it thursday into friday. we're expecting shower activity, not much by friday, cloudy start, warming back up for the weekend. but we have eliminated the 80s. we're back to the upper 70s. tomorrow, mid-70s return. back to you guys. well, don't overshare, that's the message experts are sending to facebook users. two pieces of information are reportedly being used by thieves. you should never list your birth date or hometown. researchers at carnegie mellon crea discovered a norm la that can find a person's social security number. once they have that number, the rest is history. >> be oversafe online. this is an incredible

journey for two young girls conjoined at birth. they get ready to make their second public debut before going through separation surgery. plus, college students at u.c. berkeley have a way to de-stress before finals with the help of four-legged friends. we'll explain. and as you wake up this morning, i'm watching out for you because 680 and a complete closure, the latest status. tri-valley commuters are going to want to watch for this one.

good monday morning to you. what beautifully lit embarcadero in san francisco. i'll have a full look at the great-looking forecast. 4:53. two sisters born joined at the hip are thriving months after bay area surgeons separated them. angelica and angelina are recovering beautifully. they're like any other little girls. they've recently enjoyed their very first easter egg hunt and now looking forward to a third birthday party. the girls will be making a media appearance later on today at the packard children's hospital. >> so great to see. san jose state could be heading to the mountain west

conference next year. expected to receive an invitation to join the mountain west in all sports for the 2013 school year. that invite could come next week. san jose state has long been a member of the conference. utah state also jumping to the mountain west conference and reportedly louisiana tech heading to the conference usa. u.c. berkeley students cramming for finals can shed some stress today with some four-legged companions. >> that's right. therapy dogs offering what some might call a furry fix for stressed out students. the dogs will be stationed outside all ready to provide instant stress relief. it's all part of pet therapy program to give students a little outlet to try to deal with the anxiety of exam time. studies show interaction with animals actually lowers blood pressure, reduces anxiety, and improves overall health.

>> we should petition for a newsroom dog. that would be nice. especially in the traffic department today. tough way to start a monday morning. >> sometimes we get those therapy dogs and they leave more stressed than they came in. we're looking at stress relief for 680. we did have a full closure. i got word from chp they're reopening lanes two and three. the two right lanes in the southbound direction. the overnight accident and hazardous material pick-up is still going on. expect that to continue for another half an hour for the northbound side when we should have one lane reopening. all lanes reopen now westbound 237 at zanker, now off to the shoulder, taking care of paperwork. slowing shows up eastbound, but shouldn't be a problem, just the blips. we'll watch those blips. we're looking over to a live shot, as well, the golden gate bridge as traffic flows smoothly. those glowing lights not a problem for visibility. you can see the lights across

the bridge. i got word that doyle drive is reopening right now. and bob redell will have the latest in his report coming up. there are changes right now for the upcoming parkway. well, "american idol" fans in san jose get a treat this weekend meeting one of the contestants who calls the south bay home. >> deandre made his first public appearance since being voted off the show a couple of weeks ago. hundreds of people gathered at east ridge mall in san jose for a chance to get an autograph even a picture with that american idol. he's a 17-year-old senior at oak grove high school. and his voice has been compared to some to artists like prince and maxwell. he'll soon rejoin the contestants for the summer tour. a lot of fans out there. >> i'm predicting he may get a shampoo or hair conditioner deal out of that. long, luscious -- still ahead on "today in the

bay," an update on that crash in pleasant pleasanton. we'll get the latest coming up in a matter of minutes. and for all your news, weather, and traffic updates, search nbc bay area news. and a live look over san francisco. you see a little bit of fog, a little misty look out there. but still a beautiful sight. you can see traffic moving in the distance. mike will tell you about that. lovely we will fill you in ok.5. 4:57.

good morning. doyle drive has just reopened. a few minutes ahead of schedule. we'll take you for a live ride on the new alignment coming up. and i'm christina loren live in the nbc bay area weather center. new week, new forecast. what you need to know before you head out that front door this morning coming up. taking a beautiful live look outside. city by the bay for this monday, april 30th, this is "today in the bay."