sugar barge road. officers say that the suspects fled from police in oakley and then shot at officers hitting a police cruiser. fortunately nobody was injured. we have a crew on the way now to that scene. we will, of course, keep you updated and bring you a live report later on in the show. to developing news linked to a bay area wide day of action. police clashes cost building takeovers, plunging a peaceful day of protests into chaos. this morning, dozens are under arrest after reports of arson and assaults on officers in oakland. christie smith joins us live from oakland this morning it is a city is trying the regroup after a night of vandalism and destruction. >> reporter: good morning to you. we just took a quick walk around the gala plaza. i can tell you that will are at least three or four police cruisers just sitting around but the crowd has gone -- a lot of windows boarded up and there is some graffiti downtown. you can see here we are by a coffee shop. three windows up.

people upset with police walking around. seems like everyone had cameras yesterday. i wanted to show you as well that there are symbols spray painted as well. at a" with a circle around it. we shot individuvideo a little ago. it is boarded up this morning. windows broken after the mayday protest yesterday. it got started early in the downtown oakland area over issues including financial inequality and among other things. mostly peaceful, thousands of people. by 12:30 police say that it started to turn ugly. people were throwing things at them, bottles, paint, they they are say when they tried to mick an arrest officers were surrounded and it got violent. they r tear gas into the crowd. police tell us this morning that they are looking at the mums, 25 people arrested, including a nell my arrest for assault on an

officer. banks and business windows, again, boarded up, police cars set on fire. news vans damaged. our news van has paint it as well. one of the things oakland police said they wanted to get the public works crews out here very quickly so that people showing up this morning can go ahead and get back to business as usual. i can tell you that there are a lot of businesses boarded up. not a lot of broken windows. you don't see a lot of damage. it looks like they made quick work of the cleanup. reporting live in oakland. the cost of free speech a very heavy one for cash-strapped cities. we talked to oakland city's manager karen boyd and confirms that the following numbers for us. as of february 27, last time the city crunched the numbers, the occupy oakland movement costing the city $3.7 million. most of it is $3.1 million going towards overtime for police officers and other city employees. some $600,000 has been spent in

operations and maintenance costs for equipment and other services. the total cost to the city will go up. obviously after the mayday demonstrations and the clashes with ocd. we will have full coverage of the aftermath throughout the entire morning. and on our website, nbcbayarea.com. search mayday. 5:03 now. a tragedy this morning. a mother is dead, her 6ier old son is brain dead. following a devastating fire. now the family is asking why. >> firefighters pulled the boy from the burning town home early tuesday morning in east san jose. five other family members, including the boy's father survived the fire. some members are questioning whether fire crews did enough. some firefighters say they were in rescue mode . >> the young boy was unconscious. he was not breathing when we pulled him out. he is alive at the hospital. 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 there five minutes. >> investigators say the fire started in the garage. firefighters say that there was a smoke detector inside the town home. it is not clear if it was working or damaged by the fire. assault rifles, fake ids, san francisco police department uniform. a few of the items found inside of a storage locker belonging to a teenager accused of stealing a celebrity chef luxury vehicle. 17-year-old max michael wade now facing a slew of charges, including -- suspected crime spree. officers also found shotgun shells and equipment for jamming cell phones and raid wroes. all of this along with a stolen yellow lambourghini similar to this one belonging to bay area celebrity chef guy fiari. officers searched that storage locker in richmond after linking the teen to a shooting in mill

valley in april. that teen is now charged as an adult for two counts of attempted murder, vehicle theft, several other charges. the coast guard may lift a temporary ban on offshore racing in time for the 2012 race at the end of the month. coastard ordered the open ocean waters off-limits to racing after the deadly yacht accident near the fair lawn islands that killed five crew members. an independent panel will spend about a month reviewing the events that led to the tragedy. the findings and recommendations will be released. walnut creek city leaders passing a controversial new ordinan ordinance, impacting every bar, club and restaurant that serves alcohol. the city council unanimously approving the new alcohol restrictions and at a meeting on tuesday night. now under this new law. all bars may be required to have security and adhere to alcohol cutoff times. some have been exempt from that 2004 law that set rules for bars

and restaurants. now bar owners are threatening a lawsuit if the ordinance passes. dozens of south bay students and teachers making their way to sacramento to demand action for education. marla tellez with where their journey will begin. >> reporter: this is not a first. this is the tenth year in a row, as a matter of fact, that folks are going to be making the bus trip from san jose to sacramento. no one here just yet. they are expected to start arriving at 6:00 for 6:30 departure from the east ridge mall parking lot. the toll bus trip is organized by santa clara county supervisor dave cortez. i spoke to someone from his office a few minutes ago. he tells me they are expect morgue than 100 people, that includes residents, students, and faculty from santa clara county. now in terms of students we are talking high schoolers. many from the evergreen area. they are due in sacramento at 9:00. once they get there they get face-to-face time with the state legislators. the spokesperson tells me that

their overall goal today is to ensure that funding has been drastically cut top. to make sure the funding stay it is same they say they cannot afford any more cuts. compaincidentally it is a big d for the california faculty association. it is going to announce its vote on whether or not they plan to strike. they are angry with the priorities of the management. according to the website they say, quote, the quality of the education they can deliver is being ignored, unquote. now that announcement is expected at noon today. if they do decide to strike it will be the largest university strike in california history. it is 5:07 now. meteorologist christina loren joining us with the update on what could happen wednesday and beyond. chilly today. >> a little chilly today. hey, it is wednesday. we are going to help you get over that hum and get to you work time. good news is you don't have any thick fog out there just yet.

that could be problematic as we head throughout the morning hours. winds are strong enough to mix up our atmosphere. temperatures this morning in the 40s and couple of 50s out there this morning as well. head throughout the day today, it will stay on the breezy side. mild conditions this afternoon. 5 to 6 degrees cooler than where between ended up yesterday. showers the way. less than about 48 hours away from showers, mostly impacting the north bay. and as we head throughout today we will hold off on the rain and drizzle on your way to work. courtesy of the onshore flow and thick fog. by moon today getting sunshine, 68 degrees inland. 70 at 4:00 p.m. make your way home from work, 7-day forecast reveals when we are going to get clear of those showers. warm up important the weekend stay tuned for that. first check your drive with mike. >> we will check back over here. 85. we are reminded the only ramp closed for a while. 6:00 a.m. there may be another 45 minutes. we are looking at a math drive,

no problems as far as the 280, 58. south bay in general, northbound commute, light. 17 south reporting fwravl. details coming from chp now. and northbound direction. some gravel has filled in slow, northbound 17 a around the lexington reservoir. light traffic should get through the area. i will let you know. live look further north. 880 further through oakland. we see a nice drive here and light volume. all lanes are open there. back to you. >> thank you very much. we continue to follow breaking news this morning in san francisco where police are raiding a building where occupy protesters have been holed up for more than 12 hours. >> lot going on out there. bob redell joining us. he is at the scene on the phone right now. bob, what's the latest you can tell us? >> well, about ten minutes ago, good morning to you, jon and laura. along with the sheriff's office, raid

raided aaa where the protesters are holed up starting yesterday afternoon. they have been inside ever since. law enforcement is on the first floor of the building right now. we can see on the second floor some of the protesters looking wrought side the window which indicates to us that police have not actually reached the protesters. we have seen them bringing out some barricades that the protesters were using to barricade themselves up to the second floor. right now, there's probably, i'm guessing, a dozen, maybe a couple dozen police inside while outside in riot gear you have probably another dozen, maybe a couple dozen police that established a perimeter out here. so -- they would -- like i said about ten minutes ago. no one is copping out as far as the protests and law enforcement coming in and out. looks like they are just trying to reach those protesters up there on the second floor. so we will have live pictures for you shortly. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> listening to bob live at that

time scene. those were pictures from the scene yesterday that led us to the event in the occupation now of that building there. >> looked like a mini war zone. there was a lot of concern by the san francisco police department because they are holding pipes and have bricks and whatnot. used as well. >> protesters saying that was not part of what we planned by one or two people getting out of control injuring somebody. we will keep you posted on that. bob redell, stay on top that much scene and more as that progresses. >> taking the right to protesting. >> yeah. ugly way. 5:11. still ahead, zipping ahead in the pen lanes. we will tell you about a car share program getting green light coming up. >> finally, a real date for the facebook ipo. march encounters. coming up next. beautiful live look palace of fine arts in san francisco. goeo tus wayo start your morning. thanks for joining us. >> latest traffic, news and weather updates. make sure to check us out on facebook. we are always there waiting for you. search nbc bay area. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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good wednesday morning, everybody. we give you a live look over san jose. the calm before the cool temperatures continue today. not much traffic out there. we will tell you what to expect coming up. christina loren will talk about those temps. 5:14. >> in an evident to reduce traffic the city launch's new car sharing program. three zip car stations will open this morning. downtown transit hub. commuters can sign up for access to hybrid cars to use for a few hours or a whole day. city leaders say they will provide people with an array of transit options. here it is. may 18. that's the day facebook will go public. scott mcgrew, you can mark your

calendar with a pencil. >> with a pencil. hi to erase the old day which was 17. i'm glad i used the pencil. "wall street journal" says this morning this time it is absolutely sure that facebook ipo will come friday, may 18. the so-called road show where executives privately brief reasonable doubt investors will come this coming monday. now the billion dollar question, literally, is how much is facebook worth? you can be an expert in finances and have no idea. not even clear facebook has any idea. reports show advertising slowing. it is having trouble bringing ads to mobile users. lot of people doing more and more facebook on mobile. but that said, facebook influences are undeniably. yesterday we were talk about that new push to get people to sign up and become organ donors. the california organ donation registry says a number of people signing up jumped by 800% in one day thanks just to facebook. now the dow hit a 4 1/2 year on

tuesday. check pre-market action. jackie deanne jealous of cnbc. >> good morning, scott. the futures are pointing to a lower open on wall street this morning. following data showing manufacturing activity in europe is slowing. we did see stocks rise tuesday. they did close off their high after a report showed a surprise increase in u.s. manufacturing last month. ease something of the concerns about the economic recovery here in the states. and the asian markets were higher overnight. european markets mixed. we are going to get data on hiring the private sector and we just got earnings from comcast and the parent of nbc universal. we saw the dow rising 65 points. 13,279. new 4 1/2 year high. nasdaq adding four points to 3,050. are you a master tweeter? goldman sachs may want to talk to you. the bank looking for a associate am media strategist to handle its presence on facebook, twitter. goldman may want to change their

strategy for the bad press they received in recent years. the account has 3500 followers. even though the bank has never sent out a tweet. however, an account set up for the main elevator at goldman's headquarters has nearly 250,000 followers. 250,000 followers for an elevator. >> yeah. thank you very much. a potted plant in the radio station's lobby. it has a twitter account. i forget how many people followed. >> wow. really? >> yeah. >> interesting. >> thank you very much. it is 5:17 now. new record set by a group of enraged birds. 35 days for angry birds face to top to a million downloads. the developer says the download has blown over all of its previous records. angry bird space is now number one in both downloads and sales. amazing. >> chill out. they own the world.

>> a great looking forecast to get to. let's get right to that. we are in the 40s and 50s. touch cooler out there this morning. as we head throughout the afternoon temperatures will climb into the mid 60s by noon today. we are going to round out the day with 70s. it works out like this. area of low pressure came through overnight. cooler air and increase the flow. a breeze like yesterday. temperatures running cooler as a result. and as you will notice more cloud cover out there especially the coastline. you do not get out of the clouds for long yesterday in san francisco. your temperatures were not all that warm. today just about the same. i have only brought your numbers down by three to five degrees at the coast. it all works out like this. showers between the hours of 7:00 and 11:00 thursday. after that, a nice clear sky. we wake up on friday morning. already see those breaks clearing right here at 5:00 a.m. so 69 degrees in san jose.

72 in santa cruz. 70 in livermore. three-day forecast tells you the story. windy at the coast. evening shower thursday. cloudy start on friday. 73 degrees. and as we head throughout the remainder of the week, temperatures will get to the 80s by the weekend. back to you, mike. >> we had construction going on. 101, northbound side reopened right on schedule with no problems. southbound side we had some slowing there as construction vehicles moved as well. 20 minutes. calmed down. we can assure you nice drive for the shore. nice drive for both of those freeways into and out of san francisco. no problems coming across from the north bay and we are looking at a nice flow on the bay bridge. bob is still there because there is activity at that building where protests from yesterday and all of those officers were there as well on the scene. we will follow that activity. live look outside.

we will show us what it is like at the bay bridge tool plaza. look at this activity. east shore freeway, westbound, around the bend and over here, crossing the bay. no metering lights. headlights starting to join others as we make your way to the cash lanes. sens sensors looking at 61, 66, smooth drive to the cass traffic valley area. across the san mateo bridge. cass traffic valley, moving smoothly. we do see the start of that commute westbound slowing. into livermore and 15-minute drive out of the altima pass. right on schedule. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. we con to follow breaking news this morning. coming from san francisco. where police just raided a vacant building taken over by occupy protesters. live pictures not far from city hall. protesters have said they wanted to turn the build into a commune. they took over that building tuesday afternoon. building actually belongs to the catholic archdiocese. you see from the photos that, you know, they are all standing on alert this morning. it appears quiet right now.

i know that they have a pretty good force behind them as so many of those occupiers in that building that took it over yesterday, they supposedly have lead pipes and bricks. we saw earlier video that they were hurling them at officers. so taking no extra -- taking many extra precautions this morning as we have live crews out there this morning to bring you the developing news story. >> strategically setting up. we will keep you posted on how that pans out. coming up, a giants pitcher out of the bull pen again after another freak injury. we will tell you about it coming up. >> will trekkies start making the trek to livermore? >> beam me up. >> why bay area labs could have plenty of star power coming its way. live look outside. golden gate bridge. traffic slowly starting to roll through on a wednesday morning. looks like it might be a little bit wet out will.

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giants reliever on the disabled list again after another freak injury. left-hander sprained his right knee after reaching out to catch his 4-year-old son. he says that he felt a big-time pop when little guy jumped off the couch to give him a hug. talk about self-love. this is the second time in eight month affeldt has been on that list. he sliced his hand with a knife last year trying to separateding frozen burger patties. the earliest he can be back in

the bull pen is a week. >> oh, man. family man. calling his son. grilling. >> cutting his hand. >> all right. tough run. all the guys are getting hurt. >> yeah. i'm sure his teammates didn't give him any grief about that either. good morning to you. we have a good looking day shaping up. temperatures climbing right back into the 70s. but just below 07s, shaving 5 to 7 degrees on average off of your highs from yesterday. that sun will be back out in full force later today. i will tell you exactly when and when you can break out that umbrella. showers on the way. let's check your drive with mike. >> christina, as we hit refresh on the report, 17 northbound. we do have that gravel still going on. and plenty of traffic -- second lane closed. one lane closed northbound. as you are heading through past the lexington reservoir. flashing lights a distraction for the southbound side. but gravel should be cleared. hopefully in by 6:00 when more traffic heads to the area. we already have slowing important 87. back to you. >> thank you very much. solve mysteries. you could say livermore is the

new hollywood. serving as the set as the film crew shoots part of the new star trek movie. the backdrop is the lab's national ignitions pa silt which holds the world's largest laser to produce ignition. that movie will be out next year. we were saying nanu nanu earl r earlier. >> mork & mindy. laura was right. she knew. 5:26. still ahead, no good deed goes unpunished. why a worker got fired for trying on give a struggling kid a break. >> how volunteers are coming together to find new clues in the teenager's disappearance. blazing ahead. smokers blunt about get blunt a dispensary crackdowns.

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and dozens of arrests. good morning, everybody. thank you very much for joining us. the time is 5:28. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. this morning police are still patrolling the streets after mayday protests turn ugly in several parts of the bay area. christie smith is live in oakland where protesters clashed with police well into the night. but we begin with bob redell. live in san francisco where police have just moved in on protesters holed up inside of a vacant building. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you. this is a vacant building owned by archdiocese of san francisco here, 888 church street. this is a building protesterses began occupying roughably 12 hours ago. yesterday afternoon. this was the scene a half hour ago where san francisco police along with the san francisco sheriff's office arrived on the scene and rushed into the building. there's probably maybe a dozen, two dozen officers that went inside and they had been inside ever since. we did see some some protesters on the second floor looking out

the window within the past hour. and it is hard to tell what's going on inside right now. we did see police remove some barricades that had been brought inside by the protesters. and it is not clear if they are still trying to access the second floor where the protesters are at. or if they are making arrests. they did go in and brought a dog in that belongs to one of the protesters. that dog is chained up outside. the meantime, you have a couple of dozen officers out here in riot gear. there was at least one that had a bean bag shotgun, just keeping a perimeter around the building. this was the scene yesterday. police did try to prevent these protesters from going inside yesterday. they tried setting up barricades. they were overwhelmed by the crowd and at one point a man was automobile to get on top of the roof through -- threw a brick into the crowd and aiming at a police officer and instead hitting a protester and remarkably that person is okay. refusing medical attention on the scene.

there was another person who threw metal pipes into the crowd. apparently no one was hit by those. the person that threw the pick has been arrested. police eventually let them go inside. they needed written permission from the archdiocese to go in and evict the people which obviously they did get that permission. and right now they are in the process of that i eviction. we have not seen any actual protesters come out. it has been a half hour at aaa church street. bob redell. i will send it to my colleague who is across the bay, christie smith. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you. you know, earlier we were at the plaza wrodowntown oakland. i want to show you what's going on here this morning. crews are out here boarding up broken windows. i counted at least seven upper and lower windows that are completely busted this morning. i spoke with one man and asked how they did it. he thinks protesters pried rocks loose here out front and threw them at the doors last night

after that clash with police turned violent here in oakland. when it got dark, it looked like police became the target of a group of mayday protesters. much smaller than the group that was out earlier protest g financial inequality on this mayday demonstration. people threw bottles, rocks, and paint at oakland police who actually had to fire tear bass and trying to disperse the crowd and say that that crowd refused to leave. bank windows are broke and downtown oakland, small business owners told us that is exactly what they were afraid of. >> a lot of us business owners don't have insurance to cover window breakage or any stuff like that. i just -- i think that they have gone too far. >> reporter: oakland police say that 25 people were arrested last might, including one for assaulting a police officer. also, an arsonist they say who burned up a police car.

again, bank windows broken this morning. most of them boarded up, though. at least would car fires, news vans were damaged, flattened tires and broken windows. we had paint thrown on our van as well. took a ride around this morning and i can tell you there are at least three or four oakland police cruisers keeping an eye on things. much quieter. i tell you, you can really see the damage as you drive around. most of it, though, boarded up at this point. roaring live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> we will have full coverage of the aftermath throughout the entire morning. and on our website, nbcbayarea.com. just search mayday. 5:33. update to breaking news in the delta where neighborhood still on lockdown. officers search door-to-door for an armed suspect who shot at police this morning. right now officers are asking people to lock all their windows and doors as the manhunt continues. it is happening around piper and sugar barge roads on bethel island. officers say the suspect fled on

police in oakley and shot at officers. bullets hit a police car but no one was injured. we have a report other the scene fwaering information. we will bring you a live updated coming up at 5:45. south bay, the search for sierra lamar continue thing morning. hundreds of volunteers searching the hills and fields around morgan hill today. now more than six weeks since sierra disappeared and the sheriff's dive team using side sonar scanners yesterday. checking out several areas in the south san jose part of town. there have also been five sex on the other hander related arrests. those appear to be indirectly connected to the case. closing arguments will continue this morning in the trial of a suspected gang member accused of gunning down a pear and his would sons. he is accused of killing 48-year-old two people in a cause of mistaken identity. prosecutors described him as a lying, cold-blooded killer who

helped turn san francisco's excelsior district into a hunting ground for a street gang. earlier in the trial ramos testified he was behind the wheel but a passenger pulled the trigger. the defense is expected to begin its closing arguments this morning. also this morning, east bay police asking for your help trying to track down a car that plowed right into a bicyclist and sped away. antioch officers on the lookout for a gold acura sedan with tinted windowses and rim. most likely now with a front-end damage and a broken win windshield. police say that a 30-year-old man was hit by that car riding his bike near the intersection of west 9th and i street on april 24. the cyclist still hospitalized, recovering from serious injuries. 5:35. new this morning. a look at the incredible video in san mateo county. car crashes into a fire hydrant sending streams of water gushing into the air. happened around 2:00 a.m. near the hillcrest boulevard in milbrae.

fire crews spent several hours clearing that flooded street. no word on what caused that crash or if the driver was injured. town hall meeting being held tonight in san bruno to help pipeline explosion victims avoid insurance scams. state insurance commissioner dave jones will offer consumer protection advice to residents affected by the 2010 blast. that includes spotty insurance scams targeting disaster victims. the meeting will be held at the san bruno senior center starting at 6:30 tonight and ending around 7:30. new tactic to stop federal crackdown pot clubs in san francisco. medical marijuana advocates will deliver petitions with thousands of signatures at nancy pelosi's office this afternoon. they are demanding an end to the crackdown and the impending closure of five pot clubs in the city. 16 states, including california, have legalized medical marijuana. but under federal law it is illegal to grow, sell or possess pot. >> 5:36 now. couple of sunny days in the

neighborhood with christina loren says expected to chill off and then maybe rain. >> yeah, we need that rain. good news. hold off on washing that car until friday. right now we are in the 40s. 10 to 20 miles per hour susta sustained winds this morning. keep that in mind. little breezy and could get caught by a strong gust over one of the local bridges. cooler by about 5 to 6 degrees today. then we have the showers on the way. i will be timing those out to your doorstep coming up. i want to point out a benefit of the showers and stronger onshore flow. pollen levels increase over the course of the next couple of days significantly dropped off overnight that's good news. you can get outdoors today comfortably. 68 degrees by noon. comfortable conditions inland up to 70 degrees at 4:00 p.m. 5:37. let's check your drive with mike. >> christine a we are looking over here to the peninsula, lower bay shore. construction going on here over at the expressway off ramp. cleared now . shoreline cleared now. construction right around the 85

interchange. 85 as the road crew with the off ramp and on ramp at premont being blocked another few and we saw slowing. now the yellow is gone. we still have 50s showing up northbound for 87. we may have early slowing between capital. we track this and get a live look outside and see how things are shaping up. month major problems for the nimitz. i will show you where the yellow and red is the next few minutes. >> mike, thank you very much. 5:38. a b.a.r.t. worker says he is out after job this morning. after giving more than $300 worth of free tickets to a struggling kid. the man telling the san francisco chronicle that he was fired. he claimed he was merely bag good guy. giving a friend 16-year-old's grandson tickets tow she can go to school. the ticket agent they had sed he knew it may cost him his job but he just wanted to help the teen out. he says that he's planning to appeal his firing to the board.

5:38. still ahead, death and destruction in afghanistan. hours after a landmark speech by the president. the latest the fallout coming up in a live report. right now a live look at the embarcadero from san francisco. i like this kind of day. blue glow behind the orange lights there. traffic slowly starts to pick up. christina will talk about the skies and weather coming up. >> talking about it all online. latest news, traffic and weather find us onfaokcebocebook. search nbc bay area. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur?]

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welcome back, everyone. oh, yes. wednesday morning. we show you a nice angle on the bay bridge there. the water and the sky illuminate bid the sun with that blue glow. traffic percolating one way. 5:41. explosion, gunfire, death in

afghanistan this morning. just hours after president obama made a surprise visit there and addressed the nation in a live televised speech. tracy pots joins us live from capitol hill this morning with more on the secret trip on the anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. good morning. >> good morning. it was under wraps million the president touched down in afghanistan. he almost immediately went to the presidential palace to sign an agreement with karzai, afghan's president to talk about and to officially lay out what our role will be after this war winds down in 2014. one of the essential questions left open, though, not in that agreement, how many troops will be left there. military working that out. >> take this country down. it is spending money we don't have on things we don't need and creating a debt that will

shackle our children. >> reporter: after the president left and he really was only on the ground for about six hours, there was violence in kabul, a number of explosions starting with a suicide car bomb, we are told. at least seven people were injured. 17 wounded. all of that started after the president left. he's in the air on his way back to the u.s. expecting him here this afternoon. >> thank you very much. after 50 years of restrictions, humans may soon be able to travel freely as senior cuban officials say a decision to lift many travel restrictions now just weeks away. that comment made by parliament chief ricardo alacon. sparked speculation, exit visas could soon be a thing of the past. other top cuban officials have cautioned the public against overreacting. 5:43. newt gingrich expected to announce an end to his run for

the presidency. a news conference this afternoon. he released a web video on tuesday thanking his supporters and campaign don't others. the former house speaker says he will keep working to help defeat president barack obama in november. san jose now deadlocked on lowering pensions for city workers. the city council split its vote on mayor chuck reid's plan to reduce retirement benefits for future san jose city workers. reid had wanted to scale back pension benefits for all new city workers hired after july 1. except for police and firefighters. reid also wanted to add a cheaper health plan for current and retired city workers. reid's proposal called measure "b" will make it the june ballot. the plan limits pensions for future hires but doesn't spell out a new plan for them or change health benefits. meantime, san jose continuing to outshores graffiti removal to a los angeles based company. the move was supposed to save the city money but the nbc bay

area investigative unit finding the company called gpc was actually overbilling the city. now in a split vote the city council deciding to keep that contract but with more oversight and monitoring. the nbc bay area investigative unit just pored over thousands of records trying to see how your money is being spent. and to see our whole investigation and the document just go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. search san jose graffiti. update to breaking news following for you this morning. manhunt is over on bethel island after the suspect was found dead inside of a car. brian hickey joins us live on bethel island with the latest. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. at this point investigators say it was self-inflicted gunshot wound to the suspect. you can see behind me here on bethel island they are allowing residents to but not letting anyone out. gateway -- the officer was

trying to pull the man over the p man did not stop and led to a high-speed chase. the officer was not injured. his car was struck, however. that's what led to this perimeter they set up here. this is how the scene was earlier as you are seeing here with a lot of medical personnel and a lot of s.w.a.t. team officers arriving on the scene just surrounding the area. it was the chp's helicopter that spot ad car out in the field behind a tree. s.w.a.t. team moved in on it and can see the man in the car and later determined that that man had died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound. the corner has been called to the scene. and they have investigators out here now as well to finalize the rest of this investigation. again, letting people out. not letting anybody in here on bethel island on gateway road. >> thank you for the update, brian. 5:46. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren to find out what is happening outs outside. >> thank you. yes. i like saying your name, too, jon kelley. take you outside. i like saying this as well. it is a gorgeous, gorgeous start

to this weesday. wednesdays can be tough. we want to get you over the hump so you can get closer to the weekend. good news is all you weekend lovers out there, we are going to get a gorgeous weekend weatherwise, third consecutive weekend with temperatures in the 80s and lot of sunshine. beach weather yet again. 44 degree in sunnyvale. grab your jacket out the front door. leave the umbrella at home for today. i will let you know when you are breaking out in a moment. calm conditions now to the north bay as a result. that's where the fog is starting to settle in. wherever we are getting sustained wind speeds, 5 miles per hour. we look from preventing the fog from settling in san francisco. we will let you know if the winds drop off and start to see the low clouds travel to the surface. cool conditions today. area of low pressure came through overnight. and for us, that is going to increase onshore flow. starting with more of that cloud cover right at the coast. that will keep your temperatures cool from santa cruz all the way up to marin county. inland we are talking about mild conditions. back in the low 70s for the last

day. tomorrow the 60s return and get showers. stop the clock on the futurecast. 4:00 p.m., north of the golden gate bridge, shower activity sneaking in at 4:00. the whole thing blows through. we are not going to get all that much in the south bay. likely less an tenth of an inch or few hundredths at best. 6:00 a.m. friday, things start to clear out and get a really nice friday. making way to the a gorgeous weekend. today 70s. 70 degrees in fremont. 72 degrees in livermore. tomorrow those evening showers will clear out quickly. cloudy start friday. making where way to a really lovely weekend. i don't like to use that word unless it is absolutely appropriate. lovely sunday. 78 degrees. lovely in the traffic department, mike. >> that's good. weekends more. nice as well. we are looking over here. not so lovely here. you guys. 17 northbound. my friend tim who comes in and supposed to be on shift soon, said he will be late because of that gravel still the traffic break. he came to halt and wondering what was going on. we told him.

fwrafl still being cleaned up northbound around bear creek. watch for that. just enough to cause slowing. n we had the south bay slowdown also for 87. as you are coming up now, yellow once again. 40s capital expressway. we are looking over here at 101. 680. 50s. over mountain view highway 85 still has the fremont off ramp closed. on ramp reopening in the next few minutes. that's better news for the south bay. we are looking at slower drive now. highway 4. down below 20 as is tradition. over here and also livermore showing more out of the altima pass. 1 16-minute drive time. 5:49. different kind of field trip taking place in east san jose today. students and teachers getting ready for bus ride to sacramento to demand action for education. marla tellez with more on that rally. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these folks expecting to start arriving at the east ridge maulg parking lot in the next ten

minutes or so, 6:00. this is the tenth annual bus trip to sacramento. all in the name of better education. really a chance for local students, residents, in the community and faculty to voice their concerns with state legislators. on a different note, it just so happens that today is a significant day for the cfu system. california faculty association is set to announce whether it is -- going to strike over its labor agreement. they have been in negotiation with the cfu administration for 22 months and have not been able to reach a settlement. here is with me live is an officer with the california faculty association. he's jonathan carr. you are also -- you happen to be a san jose state professor. if you for your time this morning. >> thank you very much for asking me. >> what's the problem here? what's the main gripe with the administration? why can't you reach an agreement? >> that's an interesting question because we have been bargaining and faculty are angry and frustrated. p priorities. it seems to value executive

compensation more than the core mission of the university which is providing high kwam affordable education to the students. >> reporter: now if you do, in fact, strike, what's this mean for faculty? especially what does it mean important students? >> well, we are -- hopeful there won't be a strike. none of the faculty wanted to. we wanted a fair contract that honors the core mission of the university. and if there was a strike it would be designed to minimize the effect on the students. >> reporter: also significant is there is a strike that could be the largest according to the website, largest university strike in the u.s. ever. >> that's true. there's -- 24,000 faculty, 23 california state university system. we keep over 400,000 students. it would be historic. >> reporter: thank you on for your time today. we were following the bus trip to sacramento and checking in with those people in the next 30 minutes or so. that's the latest from san jose. marla tellez. it i. now 5:51.owil we will be right back after this. with all your car does fo,

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welcome back on a wednesday morning. yes. the sun rising out will. we give you a shot from san bruno mountain. looking out there over san francisco. not many clouds out there. it will be mice and s-- nice an sunny. rain in the afternoon. >> still no solution on what to do about the rising cost of student loans. scott mcgrew says the problem worries community college students the most. >> good morning. i took a look at some of the numbers on these subsidized stafford loans. these are loans that will double in cost come july 1 if congress doesn't do anything. you are absolutely right. the kids planning to go to the least expensive schools, community college, and are going to be hit the hardest. there are more than a thousand

students with these sorts of loans. together borrowing more than $3 million. you compare that to stanford there. which co-s ten times as much to attend. just 227 students are using subsidized stafford loans. now a reminder, subsidized stafford loans are locked in. if you are a student right now with a loan, your loan rate will not go up no matter what congress does. new loans for the subsidized loans will go to lower income students could see their interest rate double from 3.4% to 6.8%. unsubsiz eyeded stafford loans, any family can apply for, are already at that high level. 6.8%. enough about us. let's talk about the french. it is 2:55 in france in the afternoon. two candidates for president are going to debate tonight. current president sarkozy and socialist candidate allan will take to the airways tonight in

their only televised debate before sunday's election. now, we care who leads france because france is the second largest economy in europe. europe is our largest trading partner. sarkozy wants france to stay the course. stick with the eu's plan to pay off big debt. if he loses, it looks like he will, that whole plan could become derailed. you start wonder being the future of german chancellor america el, david cameron in britain, et cetera. they have a plan. i don't know if it is a good plan but have a plan. >> we will keep our eye on that one. christina loren has the wednesday forecast. >> good morning to you. looking good this wednesday. temperatures are starting out cooler than yesterday. you may actually to pull out that jacket. dust it off in santa rosa, 40 degrees there. 41 for napa. we are in the mid 40s. just about everywhere else. by this afternoon, climbing into the upper 50s and 60s. cooler day overall than what we saw yesterday.

and don't for get the giants are back taking on the marlins again tonight at 7:15. hopefully with a little bit better luck. mother nature will help. winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 miles per hour. could carry that ball to center field in cubby cove. a quick look at 17 over the summit. this will help us, sweeper truck. gravel. looks like it cleared from a report. hopefully that means clear, smooth roadway. 101, though, starting to build up. slowing north of 680 as well. live look outside shows you getting across the bay. we will tell you about it. moving smoothly. no metering lights just yet. >> thank you very much, mike. it is 5:57 now. still ahead, cuffs and crime after day of action turns rowdy overnight. >> did fire fighters do enough to save a young boy's life? why the family says more should have been done to help a 6-year-old victim. right now we give you a live look over san francisco. this is a build being occupied by protesters. bob redell is live there. the police lining up, planning at some point sounds like to go

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