find out more at goredforwomen.org. a much quieter scene in downtown oakland this morning after the mayday protest yesterday. violence broke out. 25 people arrested. will is damage this morning. i will give you a look coming up. a young boy pulled from a burning home in san jose is now brain dead. why his family said fire fighters didn't do enough to save him. another milestone within reach for new span of the bay bridge. we will have all the details coming up next. let's take a live look outside for this wednesday morning. halfway through the week. is anyone awake on the golden gate bridge yet? wednesday, may 2. this is "today in the bay."

good wednesday morning everybody. moments before 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. let's check the forecast and meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you. got a really good looking day shaping up. last day of temperatures in the 70s. inland as of tomorrow, rain on the way. mostly cloudy and cooler weather. so we have a lot to talk about in the full forecast. let's talk the drive with him. >> only going to cover weather today? i talked about the more side and we get back on at marsh. allow a couple of minutes to slow the speeds. southbound side, you see a lot of slowing heading to the same area. there are a couple of off ramps closed. oregon expressway being one of those. they should be reopening over the next 40 minutes. allow important slowing in both directions as you pass the exits along the dunbarton bridge. >> thank you very much. we are following developing news this morning. a tense calm right now in

oakland after another might of violent confrontation with protesters. >> followed a day of mayday rallies across the bay area. most of them peaceful except certainly for a few. christie smith joins us live in oakland where things got ugly overnight. good morning. >> good morning to you. we still see a few police cars sitting around downtown oakland, keeping an eye on things. i can tell you that the crowds are gone. much quieter now than it was last night. when you drive around you can certainly see the damage from last night. a number of businesseses are boarded up this morning. there are graffiti. we are at the plaza which seems to be the center of the protests. up to that -- mayday march and demonstration, really started out peaceful very early yesterday morning her in h oakland. but the situation deteriorated as the day went on. oakland police this morning reporting they made 25 arrests, including one felony for assaulting an officer. by noontime plibs made an azpres police say people threw bottles

and paint at them. other objects at them. refused to disperse. they used tear gas a number of times. the playerups between police and protesters were quick. by 8:00 p.m. police are telling tuesday crowd of a thousand shrank to a few hundred in the downtown area. police say that the number of bank windows were broken. a police car set on fire. another car fire. opd van vandalized. a number of news vans had their windows broken, tires slashed as well. but it looks like just in the quick drive around we did this morning, the public works department got on it rather quickly because just about everything is already boarded up. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." in san francisco, protesters still occupying a vacant building now. it all started yesterday afternoon where activists dismantled police barricades and entered the building owned by the catholic archdiocese. some protesters climbed up on the roof and started throwing bricks and pups right out into

the crowd below. hitting another protester. people with occupy san francisco say that was not part of their plan. >> people yelling at him to stop. >> the brick was thrown at that time officers video the situation. it struck another one of the demonstrators. >> out of control there. police arresting 34-year-old jessie nesbit on felony aggravated charges for tossing that brick. the man who was hit refused medical treatment. the cost of prespeech, a heavy one for cash-strapped cities. oakland city manager temg nbc bay area as of february 27 the last time the city crunched those numbers, the occupy oakland movement costing the city $3.7 million. most of it $3.1 million going towards overtime important police officers and other city employees. some $600,000 has been spent in operations for maintenance costs, equipment, and other

services. the total cost in the city will go up after the mayday demonstrations and the clashes with opd. the complete coverage of tall mayday protests swls photographs and video from our viewers, head over to com com and all you have to do is search mayday. 4:35 now. happening now a man shouldn't under way on bethel island. contra costa countyive's office say the suspect pass fled. he drove to bethel island where the deputies say he shot at officers. no one was hurt. residents on the island have been told to sustain side their homes and lock their doors while that search continues. also this morning, laura, a car crash causing a big-time mess out in milbrae. fire hydrant, according to the fire department, a car was driving down the road around 2:30 last might when it lost control. and mocked the fire hydrant off of its base. the driver also took out some

tree branches before running into a building. the hydrant set a river of water flowing right down the streets. month word on the driver's condition. south bay family questioning the response by san jose firefighters to a deadly fire at their home. this is an update to breaking news we brought you yesterday. that fire killed a mother and left her young son brain dead. the family claims rescue crews did not do enough to save act 6-year-old boy after pulling him from that burning town home in east san jose. san jose fire tiers, they say that they were in rescue mode and saving lives as always they are priority one. >> the young boy was unconscious. i believe he was not breathing when we pulled him out. so he's alive at the hospital. the paramedics and firefighters, you know, did everything they could to save his life. he is on a ventilator. >> no cpr or oxygen was given to

the child. and they left the child there unconscious. he was will five minutes. >> a tough story there. five other family members, including the boy's pear did survive the fire. and investigators say that fire started in the garage. in the south bay, the search for 15-year-old sierra lamar continues this morning. hundreds of volunteers will search the hills and fields around morgan hill today. now more than six weeks since sierra lamar disappeared. sheriff's dive team used sonar scanners again yesterday to check several areas. a man lost his job after giving away $300 worth of tickets to a teenager in need. the man told the san francisco chronicle he was fired yesterday. he gave the 16-year-old unused tickets so he could use the tickets to get to school.

he knew it could cost him his job but he wanted to help the teen. he said he plans to appeal his firing to the board. dozens of students and teachers boarding bus that's morning in san jose to visit lawmakers in sacramento. the annual bus trip for education taking representatives from several santa clara county schools up to the state capitol. california voters may put more bite into food labeling. activists say that they do have enough signatures for the state's first proposition to require labeling of genetically engineered food. they say that california right to know campaign is aimed at giving families information and informed choices on what they eat and feed their children. a rally will be held this morning at the steps of san francisco's city hall it is a group delivers all of its signatures. >> you may want to have a picnic outdoors today. last day of 70-something. >> yes. we are back in the 60s tomorrow

and we have rain in the forecast. we still need in a rain as we are running a deficit in terms of our average rainfall important this time of year. let's take you outside because temperatures have dropped. in fact to about four degrees cooler than we were at this time yesterday. so you will probably need that jacket this morning where the past couple of mornings we had the 50s to start. so a little cooler. especially in north bay. a little more cloud cover. little trough of low pressure came through. weak disturbance. that ushered in as stronger wron shore flow. for us, that means we will will see more position and breezy conditions later today. pretty much the same as yesterday. it will be cooler and more cloud cover to start. as we head throughout the afternoon, 68 degrees inland and 70 degrees at 4:00 p.m. comfortable day shaping up inland. at the bay and right by the watt other the coast. we are talking about 61 degrees at noon today. great options for outdoor lunch plans. i will talk about that rain when it arrives at your doorstep, how much we are expecting, the next report. 4:39. he's back and is busy. >> you know, a lot of folks are business write overnight with the road crews and so we will give them a shoutout because it

affects your drive to work. free monday, on and off ramp there in mountain view, off of 85. closed in the northbound side. at least for another maybe 45 minutes up to 90 minutes but typically picks that up just after 5:00. we will follow that and folks getting to the mountain view high school, the band. let's get over here. we are looking at a different track of flow. southbound jamming up. one lane open. but this may be changing. here's why we see a slower drive. they may be opening the lanes important the southbound side. couple of minutes early. that's why we see a dip in the speed as the construction vehicles start to move slow will you through the area. nice drive through san mateo. 92. some reports of debris around highway 35. no problems and no specifics on what it is there. so we are going to follow that. further north golden gate bridge shows a nice flow as well. you can see the lights all the way across. visibility is just fine so far across the bay. north bay, no delays. we send it back to you. >> go spartans. >> go spartans.

>> we all learned that from him. 4:40. suspension cable important new bay bridge getting thinner. it started 31 inches thick. made up of more than 17,000 steel wires. this week crews will finish compacting the cable. eventually making it eight inches thinner and much stronger. caltrans says this is another milestone for the bay bridge span and keeps them on schedule. it is set to open labor day weekend in 2013. >> sounds like the ultimate dream diet. thinner and much stronger. coming up, save the day facebook setting a date for the ipo. reaction from wall street and from around the world. >> bay area man wins big on the biggest loser. how he did it in last might's season finale. >> thinner and stronger. >> there you go. >> president obama making a surprise trip to afghanistan and an announcement for the u.s. troops. how politicians are responding. >> and for all news, weather and

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explosions, gunfire, death in afghanistan, this morning that's hours after president obama made that is your prays

visit. mr. obama speaking to troops at bagram air base on the anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. he signed a partnership agreement prime minister itsing support from the u.s. troops and even after the war in afghanistan beyond 2014 when the u.s. is due to pull out. this morning, critics say we cannot afford to leave too many soldiers there. >> the thing that will take this country down is not al qaeda. it is spending money we don't have on things we don't need and creating a debt that will totally shackle our children. >> shortly after the president's visit, explosions and gunfire erupting in afghanistan and a car bomb in kabul killing at least six people. the taliban says the attacks were in response to the president's visit. newt gingrich officially pulling the plug on his presidential campaign. he is expected to mick a formal announcement at a news conference sometime this afternoon. tuesday he released a web video thanking his supporters and campaign donors. gingrich says that he will keep

working to help defeat barack obama come november. >> it is 4:45. facebook is set to go public in less than lee weeks and wall street certain sly looking forward to it. for more that and the rest of our news before the bell, we turn to jackie deangelis live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, jackie. >> good morning, laura. mark your calender. reports saying facebook will start meeting with investors next week to promote the upcoming ipo. that means the ipo could be scheduled for may 18. facebook will trade its shares on the nasdaq. reports saying the founder, mark zuckerberg, will be involved in the road show. facebook looking to raise at least $5 billion in what could be the biggest internet ipo ever. the futures are pointing to a lower open on wall street this morning. manufacturing activity in europe is slowing. we saw stocks rising on tuesday. closing off their highs after a report here in the u.s. showed a surprise increase in manufacturing last month. ease something concerns about the economic recovery here in

the states. meantime, the asian markets were higher overnight. european markets mixed today. we are going to get data on hiring in the private sector this morning as well as earnings from comcast, parent of nbc universal. those numbers came out a few moments ago. dow at 13,759. the nasdaq adding four points to 3,050. the home of the oscar is getting a new maim. kodak theater now cold the dolbe theater. kodiak filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. they are paying more than $4 million a year than kodak paid. laura, back over to you. >> very interesting. thanks so much, jackie. >> dolby theater. >> something to get used to. >> temperatures will start to dip after today. >> taking a little dip. not a steep dip. as we head throughout the next couple of days temperatures are going to drop off and a little bit more cloud cover and showers

as well. we need the rain. not expecting much. lot of it actually going to come down when us early risers are already at home in the comfort of our roof. evening showers expected hers and into friday. that's the good news. most of the activity will subside before we hit friday morning. early morning commuters, that means you are beg to get dry, dry all week long. cool conditions today. area of low pressure came through. increased onshore flow. that means more coastal cloud cover to start you out this morning. we are going to see that fog probably hang around at the coastline. probably until about 11 cloak, maybe noon today. showers hold off until tomorrow evening. we thought the clock on your future -- stopped the clock on your futurecast at 5:00 p.m. you can see the activity at the north bay and north end of the peninsula. we head throughout the rest of the evening, kind of fall apart before they make their way into the south baby 10:00 p.m., talking about cloudy conditions, all had a moisture racing off into the central valley.

we will meet back here, friday, friday morning, i think we will have a little drizzle, fog at the coastline. talking about the sunshine coming right back out early on friday. making way to another day with temperatures in the 70s. couple of days in the 60s. climb right back up into the comfortable 70-degree weather we are still accustomed to this time of year. 70 degrees in fremont. chance for showers or thursday. especially north of the golden gate bridge. i don't think we will see much in terms of accumulation. maybe a tenth of an inch, quarter at best. higher elevations. we continue into the upcoming weekend, we get that sunshine and warm you right back up. make those plans xwauns are going to be nice. there is a lot happening. we will talk all about the festival that we get to enjoy right here in the bay area this weekend coming up. >> thank you very much. we talked about thinner and stronger. how about this? nbc's season finale, "the biggest loser" wrapping up last night with a big-time win for a man from right here in the bay area. >> incredible. so happy. overwhelmed.

surreal. worked so hard for this. couldn't ask for more. >> that's oakland's mike messina taking home the $100,000 prize for losing the highest percentage of body weight in the at-home challenge. now 198 pounds, he lost more than 55% of his body weight, competing on the show. more than of the other eliminated contest apartments. big-time congratulations. >> i want to see the before. >> we have to work that. >> that's good. >> almost double that size. >> wow. good for him. >> have yourself a twinkie. he earned. >> it a fate over friday night lights in belmont goes to town to the school district. what residents worried about. plus space. the final frontier. right here in the east bay, hollywood crews are setting up for a new move write shoot. guess what it will be. >> that means it is final. looking to 24. smooth drive through. we will let you know what's

going on either side of the freeway.

welcome back, everybody on this wednesday morning. we give you a shot of another bridge out there, the bay bridge. lights glistening over san

francisco. feels like it is a little cooler out there today. not a bad day ahead. colder later in the week. christina loren will fill you in on the forecast. belmont school leaders will discuss a controversial project at a local high school's football field. the high school wants to spend more than $900,000 to upgrade the high school's football stadium. it plans to install a 07-foot tall lights at each corner of the field and put in a new p.a. system. the group of neighbors concerned about the noise hired a lawyer to try to reduce how often the school uses the lights for night games. the district says it will address those concerns and look at an environmental study of that project. giants fans who stayed up late important this one probably sad they did. matt cain up on the mound pitching a strong game against the marlins at at&t park. unfortunately the rest of the team is suffering a power outage. top of the fifth. marlins up 1-0. cain gives up two runs in the ninth. that one hurts. home run to john carlos stanton

give the marlins all they need. we in live it up. pablo sandival. too little too late. marlins win by a count of 2-1. the east bay is serving as hollywood north as a film crew shoots part of the new star trek movie. the interior of the lab's mission facility where they have the world's largest laser to produce thermonuclear emission, that's the backdrop for part of the film, the movie will be out next year. that's a star in that film. >> i'm in. right now, mike has the force with us. >> i live long and prosperous. >> new york and mindy. >> nanu nanu. >> okay. >> suspenders. rainbow suspenders. look over here, back to the roads.

oka okay. 680 southbound looking good. watch for that. have the diablo off ramp closed until 6:00. no major drama at the off ramp. we are looking over to 24. 680, lafayette. smooth drive to the bay brigitteself. we will get a closer look at the roadway heading into the city. those streaming headlights are moving nicely. no major problems. so as we do that through the area, we get a quicker time to get to work. so you can live long and prosperous. back to you. >> i think it is the same sign are they not? >> we have to look that up. she thinks new yomorks the same tech savvy but got to admit this one takes the case. >> a student automated his dorm room. >> wow. ♪ >> lights on.

>> derek posted this on youtube. he set out to make his dorm room at cal as automated as possible. the result -- the berkeley ridiculously automated dorm. remote controlled lighting and curtains, his room wakes him up, puts him to sleep and provides the right ambiance for homework. and maybe a little romance. the party mode is particularly impressive e. clapper remember clapper? we will be back right after this.

homes are on lockdown as police search for an armed suspect. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. at this hour officers asking people in bethel island to lock their doors and windows to stay safe during an ongoing manhunt. right now police helicopter and a swarm of police cars searching for the suspect around