good monday morning to you, and thanks so much for joining us. it's seconds away from 5:00. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everybody, i'm jon kelley, and new this morning, interstate 680 moving very slowly right now. and that could be that way for most of the morning all because of a big rig crash just before 10:00 last night. that's in pleasanton. that truck hit the concrete divider with such an impact it actually sent debris over into the oncoming lanes there and adding to the complications of this cleanup, the truck was carrying barrels of hazardous material. the chp says the truck driver was actually having some mechanical problems right before the accident. and at least eight cars were also involved in this accident, but so far, no reports of injuries. and you get the full update. let's check in with mike to see what's happening on the roads. >> yeah, fortunately at least ten cars, and fortunately no major injuries. we do have that closure, though,

that has changed situation southbound 680, sounds like two lanes reopening now on the southbound side at sunol boulevard. the northbound side still has all lanes closed. but sergeant mcdermott says it's a sequence. they're going to open another northbound shortly hopefully in the next 15 to 20 minutes and hope to have all lanes open by 7:00. they have to continue that fuel spill pick-up. what's going on here is folks are routed off the freeway. and back on at sunol boulevard. taking the off ramp and back on, chp is there to make sure folks hit their speeds and jump right back on to 680. adding maybe a minute on to your travel time. we'll watch as the volume builds. back to you, jon. >> thank you, we'll be checking back with you very often. the man accused of killing seven people at oikos university goes back before a judge today. one l goh expected to enter a plea in oakland this afternoon. goh right now in solitary

confinement at the santa rita jail. now goh facing the death penalty if convicted of the charges against him. four people under arrest and facing charges in connection with a stabbing death of a high school football player. he's wearing the white and blue newark memorial high school number 24 jersey in this photo. he was stabbed at a house party in fremont saturday night and later died at the hospital. >> obviously there was a party that got out of hand. there was a fight that happened outside in the street, the victim was involved in this altercation or this fight. and during the fight, he was stabbed. so we're still trying to sort out how it started, who started it. >> one 18-year-old man faces a murder charge, three juveniles are facing accessory to murder charges. 5:02. this morning, police are looking for the person who shot a teenager dead on an elementary school campus in san jose. officers say people who live

near lowell elementary called 911 after hearing gun shots. they found an 18-year-old dead at the scene. police have not released the teenager's name. and so far, no arrests have been made, but police are looking into whether that shooting was gang-related. this is san jose's 12th killing of the year. a suspected gang member accused of killing a father and his two sons. edwin ramos is accused of gunning down anthony and his sons in the san francisco district back in 2008. ramos testified he was driving at the time and another passenger pulled the trigger. he says the gunman thought the father and sons were rival gang members. but another son who was in that car who survived that attack said ramos was alone in his car at the time of the shooting. this morning, doyle drive has been reduced to rubble and minutes ago commuters began cruising down the bypass. bob redell joins us live. what's it look like out there? >> reporter: well, you can see chp's in front of us.

they've had a lot of patrol cars out here. good morning, laura. just to get traffic up and going. they opened a few minutes earlier about 4:56 at about four minutes ahead of schedule. and here we are on the san francisco side and we're now entering what's the new part of the doyle drive. right here, if you remember 57 hours ago, there was doyle drive was right here. the elevated portion. it's hard to see, but either side of me right now, there's rubble. you've got excavators done doing their job over the weekend. and this is what the alignment looks like. it's level, you're not an overpass anymore and we're going to come up to a bend here. what people are telling us with the project is that as you're commuting this morning, especially if you're coming in from marin going across the golden gate and taking this new doyle drive alignment, you do want to watch your speed it's actually 35 miles per hour, not 40 like it used to be. and asking if it's possible, shift your hours because people are going to be getting used to

this alignment. they are expecting a lot of slow traffic. if you can alleviate that by shifting your into work, thad be helpful. and the golden gate ferry is going to have extra ferry service to try to accommodate the traffic. if you wouldn't mind accelerating, this is one of the tunnels part of the new parkway project, and they're going to have four of these when the project's all done. but we're entering one of them right now that's being completed for the first time and people will be able to drive through this, give you a sense of what the completed project's going to be like when it's finished in 2015, 2016. wow, bright lights, it's a $1 billion project designed to replace doyle drive. and it needed replacing, it was 76 years old, deem eed seismicay unfit. seen for the first time this monday morning as you can see traffic now coming in southbound direction as we're heading northbound direction. they did what they said they

were going to do. 57 hours to take it down, they'd have it open by monday morning at 5:00, mission accomplished. reporting live here on the new doyle drive or parkway, whatever their calling it now. bob redell, "today in the bay." a fire in the east bay sending flames as high as 15 feet up in the air. this fire started just before 7:00 last night on the crockett side of the bridge. two marina employees were grinding a metal object when sparks shot out on to the barge. crews were able to contain that fire within about half an hour. fortunately, no injuries reported. >> a lot of looky-lous. how are we looking for a monday morning? >> looking pretty good. temperatures this morning in the 50s, not too cold. we're calling it cool to start. 55 degrees in san jose. we're in the 40s up in the north bay. and your temperatures will drop off just a little bit more as we head through the next hour or so. getting closer to sunrise. 6:21 this morning.

as we head throughout the next couple of days, temperatures are going to stay right about where they average this time of year. we'll get a little bit of patchy fog, cool temps becoming sunny this afternoon. in fact, by about noon today, we're going to get a lot of sunshine over the greater bay area. and that mild pattern stays with us just about all week long. works out like this. 64 degrees at noon today, up to 70 degrees by 4:00 p.m., comfortable conditions inland by the bay and at the coast. 65 degrees full-on sunshine at the coast today at 4:00 p.m. we do have some changes on the way. there are showers on your seven-day forecast. we'll talk about when in my next report. first, 5:07, let's get you back to work on monday with mike. >> better note for the peninsula. folks, we're looking at southbound 101 at south san francisco. we had a couple of lanes blocked by an early-morning accident. but those have cleared up without any incident slowing the traffic flow there. we do have a nice drive from 380 and the airport up into the city, as well. as bob redell just showed you, doyle drive, i put that in

quotes because it's prisidio parkway. that's reopening toward the golden gate bridge. watch for the different traffic flow. you'll lower those flows, as well. speed limit now 35 through the zone. we're looking at 680 southbound which has reopened and look at that south of the earlier closure. we now have these yellow chicklets, speed sensors adjusting as folks flow on to the area that was closed for a period of time overnight. southbound has two lanes open, northbound still closed. we'll track that but off and back on at sunol boulevard. and a live look at 880 shows you the volume of traffic past the coliseum. pretty typical for the monday morning. despite the atypical accidents and issues, 880 itself is moving atypically smoothly. >> thanks so much. san francisco's city college trying to raise money to save its cafeteria. cafeteria is at the core of the college's coronary arts program. they use it to prepare and serve

900 meals every day. leaders are launching a fund-raising campaign in an effort to save it. students and teachers will be available starting at 6:00 a.m. for interviews. and the school's dean will address students at a town hall meeting about the closure. good vibrations for students at a bay area middle school this close within reach of winning a major competition. the national science bowl held in washington, d.c. san jose's harker school made it to the finals but did not advance. a winner will be chosen from the bracket there and all finalists receiving $1,000 for their school's science department. >> 5:09. still ahead, driving through oakland about to get smoother. where the pothole blitz gets started today. and why bay area chefs are trying to keep it off the menu. and another european country falls into recession.

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welcome back, everybody. give you a live look outside. that is an overview of san jose before the sun comes up, looks like a nice week ahead. we're going to be in the 70s this week. it is 5:12. the fight over specialty food heating up in the bay area at the center of it all. it's the fattened liver of a duck that's forced fed. a law banning it in california scheduled to go into effect july 1st. but the golden gate restaurant association claims an outright ban could lead to a black market.

the chef suggests a law requiring birds be raised in a humane way. >> bans don't work. that's why we really think actually doing a regulation is a better way to go. we think you can regulate it, use the power of the california economy to change farming worldwide. >> some places get creative, a ban in chicago had restaurants getting around the law by giving it away and charging $20 for the crouton under it. another european country has fallen right back into recession. it's the dreaded double dip. >> it's the double dip without any sprinkles. spain had determined the economy had contracted for two quarters in a row. that's the dictionary definition of a recession. there's an economics lesson in here as we watch the spanish protest. because it appears most of the contraction is due to cuts in its own government spending. those cuts are what these folks are protesting. in other words, spain created

its own recession voluntarily by cutting spending. now, spain and other countries which way overspent in the go-go years are under pressure particularly by germany to make the cutbacks to get the deficits under control. that is one solution. it's not the only solution to a country's economic woes. if you're a country in debt, there are two choices, both of them are kind of lousy. you can do what spain did and cut government spending, but that hurts the poor and can cause that recession. and you can spend your way out of misery. this is the stimulus choice. spending creates jobs and increases your tax base. if you're wrong, you made your debt worse. both europe and america face these choices. europe has chosen the top, the obama administration favors the lower choice. apple got some bad press over the weekend. for that and a look at the markets this morning, let's go to jackie live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, jackie. >> good morning, scott. well, apple may be using

subsidiaries in low-tax countries like ireland to sidestep paying billions of dollars in u.s. taxes. the "new york times" detailing how they're cutting their tax burden, including setting up an office in reno, nevada. there's no income tax in nevada while the rate is 8.8%. without these moves, the company's federal tax bill would have been $2.4 billion higher last year. meantime, stock futures are lower this morning coming off a positive week for stocks thanks to a positive earnings and housing data. that despite friday's gdp report which shows the economy grew less than expected in the first quarter. but household spending rose modestly. the european markets are mixed today. and in the u.s., investors will be focused on friday's jobs report. economists scaling back forecasts saying that the warm weather this winter may have pushed companies to hire people then instead of typically later in the spring. and today we're going to get some data on personal income and spending. watch for those numbers. the dow rose 23 points on friday

to close at 13,228. the nasdaq up 18 points to 3,069. and finally good news, prices a the the pump continuing to fall. aaa says that regular unleaded fell by a nickel in the past week to an average of $3.82 a gallon. that's eight cents lower than a month ago. in oakland, gas is averaging $4.14, that's a penny higher in san jose and $4.26 in san francisco. oil prices have been relatively stable, which has helped push some of those gas prices lower. but you guys still feeling the pain at the pump out on the west coast. back over to you. >> indeed we are. google over the weekend released a report that shows far more googlers knew their street view cars were collecting more data than they were supposed to. google originally said one rogue engineer created the software and only he knew about it. but it turns out a number of googlers knew. the government has essentially dropped the investigation into

this case. google, jon and laura, says it wants to put the incident behind it. >> sure they do. >> googlers. thanks so much. we want to check the forecast right now with christina loren. gorgeous weekend. >> yeah, not just in google land, everywhere across the bay area. and the conditions we wait for all yearlong, perfection. typically hit 72 degrees in san jose this time of year and we're going to hover around that mark. just about all week long. we do have rain on the way. but we'll see that thursday into friday mostly up in the north bay. 54 degrees in concord, 55 in ferry field, a little bit of a breeze, but our winds are shifting coming out of the northeast. now we're going to see more of a northwesterly flow. and that means the fog is back. high pressure finally moving off to the east just enough to get that onshore flow. marine air pushing all the way inland. we are expecting mostly cloudy conditions to start and the 70s later on. bay side we'll see the mid-60s. all works out like this today.

comfortable conditions in your neighborhood. 78 degrees in places like livermore, 77 in concord. we're going to touch on the upper 60s in san francisco. but, hey, tomorrow, warming you down -- excuse me, cooling you down. not as warm as temperatures drop to about 74 degrees. mike's doing a little dance, let's bring you in now and see what's happening with the roads. >> we're going to look over here to doyle drive. first of all, doyle drive in quotes because it's temporary prisidio parkway. it has reopened expect a little slowing, 35 miles per hour through the zone. a different route and, of course, that movable barrier. a different number of lanes in either direction depending on time of day, as well. looking at a smooth drive over there from the city to the east bay. no problems toward the bay bridge and all of these commuter free roads, well, they're not free commuters, but low volume right now. we're looking over here. volume picking up, southbound 680. we have two lanes open at sunol boulevard. one lane is still closed and the

southbound side and the northbound lanes still closed routed off and back on at sunol boulevard. we're watching for progress. we expect at least one northbound lane to open in the next few minutes. but we'll track that. meanwhile, that may cause some additional slowing as the volume starts to build northbound through sunol, southbound if they don't clear that side, it'll be a distraction, as well and it'll cause a backup and coming over from 580. so if you're heading through the area, consider highway 84 at least until we tell you all lanes and all issues are cleared. so far, not the case for sunol. looking at the south bay, looking at a smooth drive, but a couple of issues. disabled vehicle and an accident northbound 101 between 237 and highway 85 will be distractions but no slowing past either of those incidents. rest of the south bay, good. it's 5:19 right now. if you drive through some of oakland's busiest streets, that ride will feel smoother. kicking off the 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 need your help. if a pothole rattling your ride, call the agency so they can come to fix it. with a limited budget, the city can only patch streets as opposed to completely repaving them. the time is 5:20. coming up, keeping your family safe online.

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welcome back, everybody, on this monday morning. a gorgeous shot over san francisco. hopefully you enjoyed a nice weekend. meteorologist christina loren says expect more of the same, nice warm, spring-like

temperatures ahead all week long. it's 5:22. well, speaking of spring, jon, if you are in the mood for spring cleaning, tech experts say don't forget that internet world. one area which needs attention. safeguarding your digital passwords. some use the same key for every website they visit. it could actually make things easier for hackers to steal your information. security experts say there are ways to protect yourself from internet predators. >> for a bunch of websites you can use that are free that will generate a totally random difficult to hack password which will typically have upper and lower case letters and some numbers. and it should be complete gibberish. >> writing your pass words on a piece of paper they say is not a good idea. there are phone apps available that can store and encrypt your codes and make life harder for those hackers. more to keep you safe on the worldwide web, cyber criminals take aim at another target and it can be found on everybody's facebook profile. you should never list your birth date or your hometown.

researchers at carnegie mellon university discovering a formula that can calculate a person's social security number using only a birth date and a birth state. and, of course, once scammers have that number, you know the deal. the rest is history. >> lie about your age a little bit. >> never. you'd never do that. >> never. >> meteorologist christina loren will tell us the truth and only the truth about the weather ahead. >> that's right, my 21st birthday is tomorrow. we've got a good day for today, the 70s. upper 70s today. last day, though, as we head throughout the remainder of the week, temperatures drop off by noon today. we'll be in the mid-60s, low 70s, rounding out the day at 78 degrees. in san jose, that means 78 for livermore and 79 degrees in ferairfiel fairfield. >> all right, hey, we'll give the update for the status, southbound 680 now. all lanes are opened. that was unexpected. we hope one lane will be opened northbound by now.

and the sequence i was given was a little bit different. we have all southbound lanes opened, look at the slowdowns north heading out of fremont. let's get a live look at the sunol camera and see how things are shaping up. the traffic southbound with the tailing lights moving away from us is flowing smoothly. northbound the few headlights, there's not a lot of slowing, but it is slowing north of the livermore exits heading north to sunol boulevard. expect that volume to continue to slow. this is an issue right now and will continue to be as the volume builds, guys. we'll track it. back to you. >> thanks. we'll tell you what happens when a bunch of people jump in bed together looking for fun in the florida keys. >> racers rolled down the streets not on bikes but on the beds. they pushed the beds in the red ribbon bed race. part of the independent celebration. it commemorates the day in 1982

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new this morning, not one, but two car pool lanes for a stretch of highway 101. good morning, i'm marla tellez live on the peninsula with the good news for commuters coming up. and i'm meteorologist christina loren live in the nbc bay area weather center. new week, new forecast. temperatures mild for now, but

we've got rain on the way. we'll sort it all out. and the change for pleasanton, as well, 680 reopening a lane after the overnight accident caused the full closure. we'll give you the full update coming up. let me give you a live look outside. picturesque over san francisco. the sky slowly turning blue as the sun slowly creeps up on this monday morning, april 30th, "today in the bay." good morning to you, and thanks so much for joining us. 30 seconds away from 5:30. how is that for accurate? >> i love it. >> thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. 680 open in both directions. it was shut down earlier for several hours. and that's all because of this big rig crash just before 10:00 last night near the exit in pleasanton. that truck hit the concrete

divider with such major impact it sent debris out into the oncoming lane. and adding to the complications of this cleanup, that truck was carrying barrels of hazardous material. the chp says the truck driver was having mechanical problems right before the accident. >> for other reasons, it had traversed from the number three lane into the one lane and center divider and center divider wall which caused it to overturn on to the passenger side. >> and at least a total of eight cars were involved in this accident. but we're happy to report no injuries reported right now. coming up, we'll check in with mike and all the traffic and how this is affecting everything around it. well, for the second time in as many weeks, a yachting race turning deadly. three people killed, a fourth still missing after an apparent offshore collision near the coronado islands in mexico. racing from newport beach to ensenada when it was hit by something bigger. >> we were seeing a lot of really small 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 coming on the very same weekend. the coast guard canceled races off of san francisco because of that deadly yachting accident just two weeks ago. and the family of one of those victims will hold a memorial service today at at&t park. 26-year-old alexis bush, a former giants bat girl was onboard the low-speed chase when it crashed in rough waters in the san francisco bay. today at 1:00 p.m., her family holding a public memorial service in her honor. bush was reported 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, 1989, in the town of port costa, a man walking his dog discovered a woman's body. the only thing known about her

is she died of head trauma and had been dead for some time. a forensic artist usually works with the actual skull to recreate a face was only able to use photos this time. but she's hoping to trigger someone's memory and get this 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 old, about 5 1/2 feet tall, weighing between 90 and 120 pounds. anyone with information about the victim's identity is asked to contact the contra costa county sheriff's office. a plan in the works for a double car pool lane on highway 101 in the south bay. marla tellez live near 101 in palo alto with all the details. good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. we're south of the embarcadero road exit in palo alto.

101 traffic is directly behind us. you already know how congested it can be on 101, on the peninsula, and into the south bay, well, good news is, i just hung up the phone with a spokesperson for the vta and she tells me a plan is under development to build double car pool lanes in both directions of 101 from embarcadero road in palo alto to beyond the 101/85 interchange in mountain view. when all is said and done, this means there'll be a total of 12 lanes in both directions compared to eight now. now eventually she says the car pool lanes will also be converted into express lanes so solo drivers will have the option to use the lanes for a price. that price is determined by the level of congestion. the more congestion, the higher the price. and this plan falls under the silicon valley express lanes projects that includes widening interstate 880 from highway 237 to highway 101. vta officials say they do not

have an estimated cost for this project yet but they say that the money will come from local, state, and federal funds. and they hope to have the car pool lanes ready for use by 2016. live in palo alto this morning, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >> nice way to start our morning. little cool out there. light sweater will do, but as we progress today, what are we in store for? >> you'll be peeling it off laura garcia-cannon. sorry to paint that picture this early, but sometimes that's what you have to do in the weather department. 53 in oakland. as we head throughout noon, yeah, we're talking about the mid-60s. so yeah, you're taking off the first layer, you want to dress the kids in layers, as well and apply that sunscreen with the high uv index. we're going to start out with mostly cloudy conditions as those winds have really dropped off along the peninsula. expecting a full deck of clouds all the way inland this morning, as well. patchy fog will be a factor. but we'll see that sunshine come out by about noon today.

mild pattern sticks this week. we'll see a little bit of shower activity mostly up in the north bay. talk about that in the seven-day forecast. 5:34 first. mike's so busy on a monday morning. >> yeah, i'm looking at the computer waiting for the update. bear with me for a second. this is good news, i saw an incident filed for doyle drive at marina boulevard, but they're confirming all lanes now open until case folks missed it over the last half hour. doyle drive reopened between marina and the golden gate bridge. and over here, slow your speeds for 680. the southbound side reopened a short time ago. all lanes now reopened. the northbound side has one lane opened and the rest of the folks are off the freeway at sunol boulevard. that changed over the last few, as well. let's get a live look from the chopper over the situation and you see traffic as it now stands. there's the big rig and the cleanup. you see that kitty litter stuff they sprinkle over in a fuel spill. they have to clean that up and the cement from the center divide on the northbound side of 680. one lane gets by, that's a

backup for about 1/4 mile. choppers moving to the north. folks coming off the dublin interchange. clear right by the scene, but as you're coming off the dublin interchange passing stone ridge and finally towards sunol. look at all of the folks heading through the area. good thing the southbound side reopened. but now with the northbound activity still there possibly until 7:00, we're going to have quite a bit distraction. we're watching for 680 heading through pleasanton to be a trouble spot at least until 7:00 this morning, guys. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. 5:36 right now. grab that library card. one south bay library will open its doors for the first time in eight years. the campbell library back in business after shutting down in 2004. 77 harrison lane off of 17. it will be on a six-day per week schedule. the defending u.s. golf champion stopping by san francisco today. he easily if you recall won last year's tournament, ran away with

it taking it bill eight strokes at 22 years of age, he became the youngest winner since way back in the 1920s. and a programming reminder, nbc bay area will have full coverage of this year's u.s. open teeing it up in june. >> very cool. 5:37 right now. presidential campaign heating up with a death of osama bin laden now in the spotlight. why a new political ad rustling republicans as we approach the one-year anniversary of the raid. come over and find us on okb facebook, search nbc bay area. we're back in minutes. pull on those gardening gloves. and let's see how colorful an afternoon can be. with certified advice to help us expand our palette...

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good monday morning, taking a live look outside golden gate bridge. traffic's picking up a tad. we'll check out the commute, 5:39. nearly a year of navy

s.e.a.l.s killing osama bin laden, giving us a look at what it was like in the white house situation room. the president met with brian williams for an exclusive interview reflecting on that historic moment. >> this is, if i'm not mistaken, pete, this picture was taken right as the helicopter was having problems. be but you may not remember. that's what it feels like because i remember hillary putting her hand over her mouth at that point. >> well, brian williams also talked with secretary of state hillary clinton about that photo and the moment in history. you can watch all the interviews on rock center this wednesday, the anniversary of bin laden's death. the show starts at 9:00 p.m. right here on nbc bay area. the death of osama bin laden becoming an issue on the campaign trail this morning. "today in the bay" tracie potts is live on capitol hill where republicans are crying foul on a new ad praising president obama for the event. good morning, tracie.

>> should the president be using the death of osama bin laden in a campaign ad? democrats say, sure, it's fair game. republicans say not so fast. the president's actually enlisted former president bill clinton to help him with that. not only were they campaigning together in this area yesterday, but also in this new ad where president clinton says mr. obama took the harder, more honorable path. democrats say this speaks to his tough decision-making. republicans disagree saying it's politicizing what was a unifying event for the country. here's what some of the analysts said this weekend. >> when the time came for him to make a momentous decision like that, he took the -- >> 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. >> we're certainly likely to hear more president obama and mitt romney back and forth, especially now that newt gingrich is set to drop out of the campaign this week.

laura? >> thanks for the update, tracie. well, the criminal trial of john edwards continuing in north carolina today. edwards scheduled back in federal court this morning. the former u.s. senator and one-time trial lawyer facing six criminal accounts of campaign finance violations. just last week, his former aide andrew young testifying he felt his life was in danger during a 2008 meeting where he asked edwards to tell the truth about his mistress rielle hunter. today, young's wife expected to testify about the money trail in that case. if convicted, edwards facing up to 30 years in jail. well, a tent collapsed killing one person and injuring scores more in st. louis after a cardinals ball game. about 200 people were under the tent near busch stadium on saturday afternoon when high winds from a thunderstorm lifted that tent right up and tore it completely apart. a 58-year-old man died there. 17 others were hospitalized, five remaining in critical

condition. the cardinals honoring him with a moment of silence at yesterday's game. a bittersweet celebration today in new york city for the first time since 9/11, the tower at the world trade center site will be the tallest structure in manhattan. steel columns will be put in place today that will make one world trade center a little more than 1,250 feet high, just enough to peek over the empire state building. the tower will reach more than 1700 feet becoming the tallest building in the u.s. and plans to build a replica of the "titanic" called "titanic ii." he made the announcement just weeks after the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. "titanic ii" will be built in china. the maiden trip just like the original ship will be from england to new york. it'll be built with the same dimensions as the original "titanic" though powered by

diesel, meaning the smokestacks will be more decorative than functional. >> he does know the last one didn't make it, right? just checking. if you're feeling royal, go ahead and pop that champagne the duke and duchess of cambridge celebrating their first anniversary. congratulations will and kate. they mark the milestone in a private event. a major contrast from the highly publicized wedding last year. people all around the world watched as prince william and catherine middleton got married at westminster abbey. >> yesterday was the anniversary. my triplets turned 3. >> wow, that's monumental. >> at least you can get them outside, right? >> oh, they were. everywhere. >> all week long, you're going to have opportunities to get yourself outside and the little ones without having to dodge those showers except maybe up in the north bay late thursday into friday. we do have a chance for some very light showers and we're still running a deficit so we need that rain.

we're looking mostly dry this week and comfortable. temperatures this morning to start you out in the 50s. we're at 55 degrees here in san jose. you can go straight to short sleeves if you wanted to if you're a tough guy out there. we're going to see the winds really start to pick up later on today. but right now, rather calm everywhere south of the golden gate bridge, starting to pick up a little bit. fairfield, gusting to about 30 at times, keep that in mind and your future cast tells the story of the day. see all this red coming in. yes, that strong wind starting to develop right at the coast. so kind of a day where you don't want to be out on the boat. it'll be choppy on the bay. not as warm through this afternoon. onshore flow picks up. and for us, that means a mostly cloudy start. that natural a.c., coolant coming off the pacific ocean. making temperatures about 5 to 8 degrees cooler than yesterday. we're not talking about the 80s and 90s. talking about maybe the upper 70s. couple of low 80s in places that get the warmest. by wednesday, we increase those clouds, see showers up in the

north bay on thursday. a cloudy start on friday. temperatures dropping back down to the upper 60s. but we'll boost you back up to the mid-70s by the second half of the upcoming weekend. so finally a full week of spring-like weather in the bay area. let's check your drive with mike. >> hey, we're going to give folks the update right here. southbound lanes have reopened and traffic now the build-up, it's moving smoothly off the dublin interchange. northbound we have a minor build-up at sunol boulevard. now this overnight accident still trying to clear from the roadway. here's the rig. they've hooked up the big rig, but the trailer it's pulling is there also. hopefully we'll have this continuing to clear. right now northbound one lane, you see that crawling by. there there's the cleanup. and the fuel spill from earlier, that's being finished up. as they sweep it and clear it, able to have the lanes reopen closer to 7:00 than to 6:00. and here's the southbound side. although traffic is flowing nicely coming off the dublin

interchange, you'll be distracted by that work. and that will be an issue. back to the maps, what effect that will have. folks, this will be an issue coming off the dublin interchange coming out of castro valley. foothill road might take you off of it if you want. right now, this morning, just minor slowing past the scene. if this lasts past 7:00, an issue for folks coming out of the tri-valley, as well. 15 minutes and slowing out of the altamont pass as is expected right now at this time anyway on a monday. true to form, highway 4 shows the traditional build for antioch. the rest of the bay looking just fine. it's just through sunol and pleasanton that the issue is there because of that accident. still clearing from the northbound side and, of course, doyle drive has reopened. but slow the speeds, allow extra time south of the golden gate bridge, as well. >> thanks for the update on that. and here's a happy update. two sisters born joined at the hip and chest now thriving a few months after bay area surgeons separated them. recovering very quickly after they had surgery back in

november. their mother says, well, the girls are just like every other little girl. they like to run around, go outside and play with other kids and recently enjoyed their very first easter egg hunt and are now looking forward to a third birthday party. the girls will be making a media appearance later on today at the lucille packard children's hospital. san jose state could be headed 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 western athletic conference, but it's collapsing. 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 four-legged companions. >> therapy dogs offering what some people like to call a furry fix for the stressed out students.

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welcome back, everybody, hope you're enjoying your early start to your monday morning as the sun starts to peek up over san francisco. that's a live shot. really nice shot out there. christina loren says nice-looking forecast for you. enjoy that, as well. it's 5:52. for state treasurer, age is nothing but a number. the 71-year-old has saved up more than $2.5 million for a run for state controller. two years from now. he has been dealing from the fallout of a scandal involving his wife nadya who just resigned from the alameda county board of supervisors after an alleged drug-fueled affair with an alleged meth addict came to light. a bay area lawmaker wanting to put a closer eye on the state's high-speed rail project. jerry hill has a bill in which he will bolster the conflict of interest and protection. subcontractors would have to submit economic interests, business relationships, and sources of income.

the $68 billion rail line would connect the bay area to both the central valley and to southern california. google and apple are so important some say they ought to be part of the dow. >> good morning, laura. if baron says something nice about you on sunday, you get a bounce. saying they should be considered for the dow 30 industrials. there are, of course, 30 companies that make up that index. so who do you get rid of? maybe alcoa aluminum, maybe bank of america, or maybe, ouch, hewlett-packard. now, many people think of the dow as measuring the action on the new york stock exchange and the nasdaq index as measuring trading on the nasdaq. in fact, there are companies that are part of the dow, but don't trade on the nyse. microsoft and intel would be two examples. looking ahead on the week, we get the big jobs number on

friday. obviously we care from an economic standpoint, but this is also a political football, as well. a poor jobs showing last month was a boon for republicans who were able to use the less than spectacular numbers to criticize president obama's policies. now economists think friday's numbers will once again disapoidis disappoint saying the warm weather over the winter caused companies to fill jobs earlier. why do companies fill jobs when it's warm? i have no idea. i'm mystified by that like everybody. >> because retail sales go up, people need more shorts, you need more people -- >> what about the snow shovel companies? those can't go well. >> you got me all excited, scott, i thought you were going to answer that -- >> i think economists are making this up. >> very official. >> it wouldn't be the first time. 5:54 right now. let's check in with christina loren to find out about the week ahead. >> did i mention my degrees in economics, scott? i also have a degree in

meteorology, let's focus on that. we're talking about the mid to upper 60s, couple of 70s, and then we're going to round out the day close to 80. just not quite as warm as it was yesterday. rain in that forecast. we'll talk about that coming up. first, let's check your drive at 5:55 with mike. >> let's go with the chopper. we're looking at 680 where we follow the progress. this rig, they're facing the wrong direction on the northbound side. that's because that big rig tow truck there is backing it into the center divide area. the median clearing it from lanes, the sweepers have cleared up most of that debris. we may, indeed, have those northbound lanes completely reopening over the next 20 minutes. you see the crews there starting to move their way. and we've cleared the rig itself. and we do have the lanes cleared of equipment, but we still have to make sure all the workers there are cleared, as well, safely. northbound still restricted to one lane slow in north heading out of sunol into pleasanton. the southbound side at least recovering. we'll get a live look out there at another shot and see how

things are shaping up on 880. that's holding up similar to the regular schedule. most of the bay area just fine. the concern is pleasanton as we still have that cleanup on the northbound side of 680 at sunol boulevard. we'll track that and send it back to you. >> thanks for the update, mike. the "american idol" fans getting a treat 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. gathering at east ridge mall in san jose for a chance for an autograph or picture with their american idol. 17-year-old is a senior at oak grove high school. he and his voice compared to artists like prince and maxwell. he is soon going to rejoin the top ten contestants for this year's "american idol" summer tour. >> this crop this year for "american idol," great singers out there. fun to watch. 5:56 right now. still to come on "today in the bay." keeping an eye on the 680 crash

in the east bay after shutting down the freeway for hours overnight. we'll have more coming up next. >> doyle drive was officially demolished this morning, but a new road open in its place. bob redell is going to take us for a ride. isn't it beautiful out there? >> love it.

new this morning, we have some good progress to report after a big rig accident that shut down all lanes of 680 and sent chunks of concrete flying. i'm christie smith, we'll show you that progress coming up in a live report. and i'm bob redell, live here at the golden gate bridge where doyle drive has reopened in time as promised. we'll show you what your new commute's going to look like on a live drive coming up. >> and i'm meteorologist christina loren live in the nbc bay area weather center. beautiful sunrise shaping up over the bay area.