and i'm christina loren live in the nbc bay area weather center about five minutes off from the official sunrise. once that sun comes up, another warm day on tap, your full forecast in moments. and the crowd is growing for highway 24 as you're heading to the bay bridge toll plaza. while i have my eyes on two incidents affecting folks heading to the nimitz. and the nbc bay area chopper for a spectacular spanning look of the golden gate bridge. take it all in on this tuesday, may 10th -- >> thursday. >> today's thursday, isn't it? you're right, thursday, may 10th, "today in the bay." it's good old friday eve is what it is. >> yes, yes. for the correction, thank you very much. good morning, everybody, i am jon kelley on this thursday morning. developing news right now in the south bay. nearly 100 people out of their

homes after a five-alarm fire ripped through a santa clara apartment complex. bob redell live at the scene where there's still hot spots burning out there. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. and what burned were two buildings under construction not occupied yet. you get a sense of how intense the heat was. port-a-potties next door. as you look even further back, you can see firefighters who have been out here all night since 10:00 last night spraying water on this fire. you can see the smoke here and occasionally you'll see some flames pop up. and if you look in the buildings in the background there, you can see that the heat damage to those. you had broken windows, sprinklers even went off inside those buildings. those were buildings where people live. and those are some of the buildings that are evacuated. and this is why. here's cell phone video of what happened last night around 10:00. you had the two buildings basically three stories of open air lumber with no sprinkler

systems. flames shooting so high, they were seen as far as a mile away. when the fire department arrived, they knew what they had, they knew they needed more help. they called for a fifth alarm, which is very unusual. getting help from the county and the san jose fire department. they were able to keep the buildings next door, the ones that were complete, the ones that had people living in them. they were able to save those buildings. there was some damage, but those buildings were still standing. no way to stop this from being destroyed to the ground. >> oh, man, the flame was taller than the ladders, the firefighter ladders and i saw the whole house collapse, the whole thing fell down. crazy. >> reporter: now, at one point, there were several hundred people who evacuated. fire department said they all had the common sense to get out on their own when they saw how large this fire was. you still have three buildings around that are not allowed to be back in. you've got 75 to 100 people waking up elsewhere this morning. as far as the cause, that's

still under investigation. reporting live here in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." happening right now, investigators still at the scene of a deadly police shooting in san francisco. the victim, a man wanted in connection with a north bay homicide. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live where that suspect was barricaded or now finally being let back into that building. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, jon. those residents are being allowed back into the apartment building where this wild shootout happened last night. but so far, we haven't seen any of them come back in. i spoke with a police officer still on scene this morning. he said a lot of them left and got help with the red cross and went with family and friends. they haven't made it back yet this morning. after what had to be a very long night where police say a man barricaded himself in one of the apartment units here poe street and started firing wildly at police officers. this started at about 8:45 last night, an apartment building on

poe street. police came to question a man about a homicide in their city on tuesday. they say this man's girlfriend answered the door and he started to fire at them repeatedly. those officers backed out and called for help. san francisco police and s.w.a.t. showed up, the apartment building was evacuated surrounding streets closed down and they say this guy kept right on shooting. >> over the course of the next hour, the suspect fired multiple shots through walls and floors, building had other people in it. at some point in time, the ballpark at 10:00, the suspect set fires within the apartment. >> police shot the man, he died here at the scene. police wanted to talk with him about the killing in their city on tuesday of a 66-year-old woman found dead in her home. her car was reported missing at the time. because of all of the gunfire going on here, police went door-to-door to neighboring apartment buildings to make sure no one was hurt there.

good news, no one was. but there's still a lot of questions about what exactly went on here in san francisco. police plan to fill in the details. they'll be holding a press conference at 11:00 this morning over at the hall of justice. christie smith, "today in the bay." 6:05. and this morning, more questions than answers following autopsies on a mother and daughter found dead in their pleasanton home. investigators say preliminary results still have not determined whether it was a murder/suicide. the autopsies did conclude that 37-year-old amy freeman burton and 19-year-old ansley both suffered single gun shot wounds to the head. also appears ansley did not shoot herself. the results were unclear whether her mother's wound was self-inflicted. and new this morning, laura, a pair of explosions kills more than 40 people in damascus, cira.

the explosio syria. nearly 200 people were hurt there, one of the blasts hit a district that houses a well-known military intelligence complex. but syrian state media say the majority of casualties are, in fact, civilians. also new this morning, russia's secret service says it foiled a terrorist plot ahead of the winter games. here's the deal. discovered a stash of ammunition including portable surface to air missiles, grenade launchers and flame throwers. russia thinks a rebel leader was planning that attack for the games in soshi. president obama heads to los angeles today after becoming the first u.s. president to endorse same-sex marriage. as recently as 2008, the president publicly stated that he felt marriage should only take place between a man and a woman. the announcement is a big political risk for the president.

>> there were important demographic groups for the president's reelection that aren't quite there yet. this was a potential big-wedge issue within working class. >> the president decided to support gay marriage earlier this year and planned to make the announcement before the democratic convention in september, but remarks by joe biden recent live moved up that time line. president obama's support of gay marriage making headlines across the country. here's a look at the "new york times" and the "washington post," but the new york post, different beast out there. gets third billing under a picture of tanning mom and john travolta where it says "obama says i do to gay nups." >> "new york post," that's how they do it. 6:07, we check out the weather. another beautiful day in the neighborhood. >> lots of sunshine. make sure you use that spf-30.

44 in santa rosa this morning, at 51 degrees in oakland. a little fog, but not much. a little bit of drizzle at the immediate coast. places like pacifica, half moon bay. that marine layer is not going to be able to penetrate that far inland. as a result, we're going to see temperatures on the warm side yet again with filtered sunshine. some high cirrus clouds later on today. weekend heat, that's the word. we are talking about temperatures jumping ten degrees for mother's day. a warm mother's day on tap. i'll let you know which cities will be the warmest, which cities could break records and more importantly where you'll want to take mom to get the best weather across the bay area. today, 82 degrees at 4:00 p.m. and 69 at the coast as you make your way home from work getting ready to enjoy thursday night and kick off friday. so close to the weekend now. let's get them to work on time with mike. >> all right. we'll take you to the south bay where as slowdowns start to pop up. off and on for highway 87 at the bottom of your screen, right now

at the limit. saw 50s over the last few minutes, likewise for 101 holding slower north of 680. and that's the pattern where we'll see the build north of tully coming up soon. we'll show you a couple of issues going on here. eastbound the onramp to 880, there's something blocking the roadway. at least one of the roads. sounds like maybe some debris or a stall. at least no injuries and we have the other disabled vehicle the flat northbound 880 at marina, but no slowing past the scene. back to you. >> thank you very much. this morning, a billion dollar decision for b.a.r.t. and protesters as a backdrop. union workers gathering outside the b.a.r.t. board meeting in oakland demanding directors reconsider who it hires to build its new fleet of trains. b.a.r.t. wants bombardier to build 775 new rail cars for $1.5 billion. the second lowest bidder, the

french company alstom offered a price of $1.7 billion but promises 95% of the parts would be made here in the u.s. protesters will begin rallying at about 8:15 outside b.a.r.t. headquarters. san francisco teachers will vote today on whether to strike. the 6,000 member union will take the first of two votes. the district wants to cut $3 million from teacher salaries and benefits over the next couple of years. the union instead wants a 2% raise for teachers. the union says san francisco schools are sitting on an $80 million pile of cash. and the district says that is not the case. 6:10 right now. pop star rihanna denying she's actually dating a raider. why she says the rumor mill actually got it wrong this time. and meet the palo alto woman who helped save these wetlands. good morning, i'm marla tellez live in freeman. i'll tell you about the big award she's set to receive today in washington, d.c. coming up.n,

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and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. welcome back, everybody. she has waged a life-long campaign to protect the bay area wetlands. and tonight, this woman is being honored in the nation's capital. live in fremont where the work of a palo alto environmentalist is literally everywhere you look. marla, good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. these wetlands behind us here off the dumbarton bridge in fremont all part of the don edwards san francisco bay national wildlife refuge. it covers the southern part of the bay, spans some 40,000 acres. this specific marsh is named after florence lariviere. she is a lifelong environmentalist. the 88-year-old began fighting to preserve and restore the

wetlands near her palo alto home more than 50 years ago. she tells me she just cringed at all the development she was witnessing along the bay. that was in the 60s. she took matters into her own hands, teamed up with former congressman don edwards. and they established the first urban national wildlife refuge in 1972. >> and it may sound corny, but it was democracy in action. you work on the things you care about just because they're important to you. the recognition has been a great surprise and very rewarding. >> reporter: now, over the years, she has received all sorts of rewards. it is a big one. she is set to be honored with the national wetlands award with the environmental law institute in washington, d.c. she will be accepting this award this evening. she tells me she is excited and she says, sure, she's 88 years old, but says her work is far

from done. live in fremont, "today in the bay." unfortunately, one south bay woman won't have much to celebrate this coming mother's day. after living in her home for nearly two decades, she's about to be evicted. she is going through a tough time in her life. lost her husband after 50 years of marriage and she can't afford to pay off her mortgage. she says it's been difficult to scrape enough money together while living on a fixed income. barring a miracle, she's been ordered to hand over her house keys this sunday. >> i tried to reason with these people. we've been in litigation for two years. and somehow they circumvented the bankruptcy court. and went to superior court. and they decided they were going to kick us out. >> there's some good news, she was able to find a one-bedroom apartment to live in. but she had to give up her pet dog. and this morning, two people facing charges for scamming parents on the sidelines of sporting events in the north

bay. 43-year-old accused of posing as a sports official trying to convince people to give him money for coaching sessions, event tickets, and other items. the mother of his children is accused of helping manage this scheme and cashing those victims' checks. she is the softball coach at santa rosa. and about a dozen people say they lost between $100 and $300 in this scheme. both being charged with grand theft. first, famous singer rihanna was spotted wearing a raiders cap, then the cameras caught her wearing a raiders sweatshirt. so, naturally, a question on a lot of people's mind, is she dating darren mcfadden? apparently not. she says she met mcfadden in hawaii while she was promoting her new film "battleship," but no romance is brewing. in fact, rihanna says she bought mcfadden and his girlfriend a round of drinks on the beach.

they're all just friends. >> yeah, good to have that all cleared up. >> turns out she just has exquisite taste in football teams. and as it were -- great minds, rihanna. good morning to you, good-looking day shaping up. if you're waking up with us in san francisco, that marine layer is starting to settle in. i think we will start to lose visibility throughout the next hour or so. you can see a little hazy here. air quality in the good range everywhere except up in the north bay, and as long as we hold on to this warm, dry pattern, unfortunately our air quality will suffer. we'll keep watching those levels for you in addition to your pollen levels rather high for today. this morning, sunol, taking you live, little hazy here, as well. goes to show that sunshine will be out in full force today. a nice clear start and we're going to warm up quickly as a result. the sunrise 6:05, your sun will set just after 8:00 tonight. it's that time of year where the sun sets later and later. our highs are coming in right

around 4:00 p.m. filtered sunshine with a few high cirrus clouds. tomorrow the 90s return. holding on to that sunshine, though, and temperatures on the warm side. i don't know if you've had to use your ac just yet, but you'll likely be kicking it on this weekend inland. the warmest conditions we've had this year so far. i want to point out that air quality forecast everywhere doing pretty well. moderate range up in the north bay, everyone where else in the good range. 83 in san jose, 87 in the valley, sound like a local san jose. 73 degrees in santa cruz for today. friday, saturday, sunday, temperatures staying on the warm side. upper 80s, low 90s, that means seek shade come 4:00 p.m. if you're waking up with us inland, this weekend's going to be hot. hey, by the water, downright perfect conditions. treat mom to san francisco this year. 78 degrees on monday. tuesday, wednesday, looking good. let's check your drive right

now. 6:18 with mike. the commute's heating up too, christina, not in a great way, just in a standard way. into and through livermore over at airway. we check in with a 50 here. break toward the interchange. but overall, looking a the the 40s and 50s. watching 680 through pleasanton. we don't see speeds below the limit right now. 6:30 is when we see the slowdowns start previous days this week. nice drive through concord, the walnut creek interchange. but now we show 56 over here at east willow pass as you're coming in through concord and definitely slow spreading all the way past loveridge now. and a nice drive and over from the north bay, no slowing there. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:19 right now. facebook once again warning potential investors that it hasn't figured out its mobile business. the new warning coming late in the process. >> it really is, laura. we're what?

a week and a day from the ipo, right? we've known and talked about the fact that facebook doesn't push advertisements to mobile users and mobile use is growing. and this is a major issue for the young company, but facebook revised the ipo paperwork. the stuff you get to read to decide if you want to be an investor to read, "we do not currently direct any meaningful revenue from the facebook mobile products and our ability to do so successfully is unproven." the company continues the road show today, stopped playing the half hour video in meetings after complaints from investors who had already seen it. tomorrow, facebook has home field advantage presents to investors in palo alto. well, here's an example of how problems in europe can affect us. cisco systems, san jose's largest private employer says it's having trouble closing sales of all the routers and servers particularly in europe. that is weighing on wall street this morning. back to you. >> all right.

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welcome back, everybody. the sun now shining over oakland. that is 880 running through. traffic slowly picking up out there. mike will tell you if it's good

or bad as you head out the door. christina loren will let you know if it's nice weather. >> it'll be a good day for putting pedal to the metal today. bay area celebrating national bike to workday with a variety of events. bicyclists can fuel up on snacks and free goodies at several locations including all caltrain stations between gilroy and milbray as well as jack london square. the san francisco ferry building and the great mall transit center. check out sfbike.org for all the details. well, a long commute to work could be taking a deadly toll on our bodies. a study found people who live far from work are more likely to have serious health problems. tracie potts is live in washington in the beltway to tell us more about this painful drive to work. good morning. tracie, are you with us? i'm not sure tracie potts can hear us right now. tracie potts, are you still with us? okay. we'll try to check back later with tracie.

>> how about christina loren with a look at our forecast for us. >> a pain-free look. >> stop it. >> that was good. >> i knew you were going to do that. >> i love you know that about me. temperatures looking really good today. one thing we're suffering with are high pollen levels. you want to try to limit your outdoor exposure today. we're still in the good air quality department everywhere except the north bay. 79 degrees at noon today, 4:00 p.m., 82 degrees, inland, bay side, 72, and that translates to 69 degrees at 4:00 right by the coast. let's check your drive at 6:25, any problems with mike. >> well, no -- well, maybe problems with me. we're looking over here to the traffic at the toll plaza itself. that will start backing up because the metering lights just turned off, but the east shore freeway above 50 for the most part slowing down around golden gate field. almost 20 minutes now building traveling down from the carquinez bridge. we still have this also.

this incident sticking around northbound 880 at marina boulevard. your left lane's still reported blocked by the disabled vehicle. the blown out tire, chp's heading out there to help them out. no big deal, no slowing either only at the castro valley y. standard build, guys. back to you. >> thank you very much. let's check back in. tracie potts is now ready to tell us about how the long commute to work could be taking a deadly toll on our bodies. a study looking into this, right, tracie? >> that's right. washington university took a look at this. and they found that most of the research has been done on couch potatoes. but they found sitting in your car or on the bus or on the train commuting in some cases can have the same impact because you're not exercising and that is a big indicator of things like diabetes and even some cancers, obesity for sure. they found the people who commute ten or more miles to work have higher blood pressure than people who don't. in fact, even when they accounted for people who exercise to compensate for that, they still had higher blood pressure than people who live

closer to work. a 15-mile commute each way, that leads to higher rates of obesity according to this report. now, the average commute in the bay area's about 30 minutes, only about a minute longer than we have here in the nation's capital. so clearly a lot of people affected by this. jon? >> all right, tracie potts. thank you very much for the update. i'm going to get a cot and sleep over here, change my life. 6:27 right now. still to come on "today in the bay," flames 100 feet high leaving some south bay town homes a smoking ruin. what's happening right now affecting nearly 100 residents. and the latest from the scene of a deadly police shooting in san francisco. o er trdtimu ta conn ttiayg on elofn y arl wdeoman cofoming up next. om

new this morning, san francisco police still on the scene of a deadly officer -involved shooting. i'm christie smith.

coming up, what this has to do with a homicide in the north bay. >> reporter: dozens of people still evacuated after a five-alarm town home fire here in the south bay. i'm bob redell. we'll take you live to santa clara coming up. christina loren live in the nbc bay area weather center. not too hot today, but temperatures spike over the course of mother's day weekend. your full forecast in moments. and we're looking at 101 coming out of san martin. slowing down in morgan hill. two new incidents reported for the south bay and pe nans ninsp. from the south bay to the north, live look outside, golden gate bridge this morning, got your morning commute and the all-important forecast including the weekend. this is "today in the bay." good morning, and thanks so much for joining us, 6:30 right

now, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. officers still at the scene of a deadly police shooting in san francisco. and residents of an apartment building where that victim was barricaded are now being let back in. "today in the bay's" christie smith with more on what led to the gunfire. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. well, homicide investigators are gone. there are a couple of san francisco police officers still onscene. as you mentioned, residents who had to evacuate last night are being allowed back in this morning. i saw one of them walk back in after what must have been a tense and scary night here in san francisco on poe street. gunfire erupted in the apartment building here that ended up with a man dead, a man who may be tied to a killing in the north bay. police say this started around 8:45 last night when police tried to talk with a man, question him in an apartment here about a homicide in their own city. they say that man's girlfriend answered the door and he started shooting.

they backed out and called for help. the building was immediately evacuated. and the streets around here shut down for safety. san francisco police and s.w.a.t. teams came to help out. but police say this guy kept right on shooting. >> over the course of the next hour, the suspect fired multiple shots through walls and floors, building had other people in it at some point in time. in the ballpark at 10:00, the suspect set fires within the apartment. >> that man was shot and killed by san francisco police. police came to question him about the killing of a 66-year-old woman found dead in her home on tuesday. there are reports that she had been beaten and lived alone. now, on wednesday, her toyota highlander was also reported missing. last night and early this morning, san francisco police spent a little bit of time going to some surrounding apartments to make sure no one else was hit. fortunately, no one else was, but there are a lot of details

that need to be filled in. so san francisco police are going to be holding a press conference at 11:00 a.m. at the hall of justice. christie smith, "today in the bay." developing news in the south bay where the remains of a massive townhouse complex fire are still moldering and 100 people still evacuated in santa clara. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at the scene where homes were reduced to rubble, we understand, bob. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, laura. two buildings of town homes you can see behind me. it's just the shell of homes, these buildings were not occupied. now the sun is up. we expect a fire investigator to come back out here to get a good look in the daylight to figure out what caused this fire. on the surface, nothing suspicious, but that could change if he or she finds something to indicate otherwise. you can see the two buildings on the backside, the ones that are still standing, those are two of the buildings evacuated. as many as 100 people not allowed to come back here tonight and today. what's remarkable is the buildings are still standing.

there is damage called by radiant heat, but the fact they are still standing is a testament to the job that the firefighters did last night because this is what they were contending with. you can see in the cell phone, a video just how large this fire was and the flames were shooting so high, we understand that they could be seen a mile away. you had basically two structures of just raw timber, open air, no sprinklers installed. just burning as they would. the first priority of the department was to keep the occupied buildings from burning down. santa clara fire calling in the county. they fought this fire for about an hour, were able to get it out, but the buildings under construction, unfortunately, were not able to be saved. >> man, crazy because they wasted tons of money on it and now it's gone in the blink of an eye. >> reporter: and the fire department tells us that there

were golf ball-sized embers blowing from this fire scene last night. fortunately it wasn't that windy, but they learned lessons from a santana row fire if you remember several years ago. there were apartments downwind that caught fire. this time around, learning those lessons, san jose police had the helicopter up, orbiting downwind from last night's fire just to keep an eye out to make sure nothing caught fire and, of course, nothing did. no one was hurt, everyone did get out okay here last night. reporting live here in santa clara. bob redell, "today in the bay." 6:35, the teenager at the center of an alleged crime spree including the theft of a lamborghini is due in court. max wade is accused of stealing a lamborghini belonging to guy fieri. police found the car while searching for evidence. he was also caught back in february throwing parties at a vacant tiburon mansion. the san rafael teen is charged as an adult with a long list of

crimes including attempted murder and vehicle theft. palo alto has a new plan to balance the budget on the back of artists, athletes, and gardeners. wanting to double the rent for community gardens, raise studio rents at the community center and double fees for lawn bowling and athletic fields. calling the increases steep, but something has to be done. a revised proposal will be presented next week. and closing palo alto's animal shelter will get a hearing tonight. the city says it may have no choice if mountain view, one of the shelter operating partners pulls out and takes with it about a third of that funding. now palo alto's humane society has drafted a new plan just hoping to save the shelter. well, helping women fight heart disease, thousands of people in san jose want you to know heart disease is the number one killer of women right here in the u.s. i emceed the go-red luncheon put on by the american heart

association. nearly half of million women die in the united states every year because of heart disease. doctors say it can often be prevented through proper diet and exercise. they raise money and awareness. and thank you to all of you who joined the campaign and wore a lot of red. >> looked like a great turnout. >> it was. 6:37 right now. meteorologist christina loren who helped our cause wearing the red. >> i was also monitoring the streets. a lot of people out there representing a great cause. thank you for bringing awareness. out the front door this morning, you can see it's a little bit on the cloudy side here in sunol. but the sun will breakthrough those clouds quickly. hazy sunshine for today. and you can see traffic here moving well. we'll see where it's not moving so well with mike in just moments. hold on for that. let's get right to it this morning. 44 in santa rosa, 48 degrees in sunnyvale. another comfortable day, patchy fog at the coast will keep things nice and mild bay side and your coastal cities.

tomorrow, hazy sunshine will continue. we're going to see a little bit warmer conditions as we head through your friday than what we're expecting today. and today just a little bit warmer than where we ended up yesterday. weekend heat stays on. temperatures spike 10 degrees in your inland cities. i'll break down that forecast coming up. for today, 79 degrees inland, 82 degrees 4:00 p.m. versus 72 bay side at 4:00 and 69 by the coast, lots of sunshine slated for the second half of the day. 6:38, your seven-day in moments. let's check your drive as promised with mike. >> christina showed you sunol and said traffic's moving smoothly there as it is heading into the south bay. 680 at 280 had reports of some debris that has just cleared from the incident report for chp. i want to show you also what is not clearing. this is getting worse, the slowdowns. 101 up between 680 and the airport. both showing blips right now. expect 237, especially your commute off of 880 to slow down and continuing starting now. we're looking at 101 along the

peninsula. we do have debris here still hanging around. this is a bicycle in one of your middle lanes at whipple avenue, likely going to have some sort of traffic break as whoever's going to head out there. they'll have to remove that bicycle from middle lanes. no one has hit that, but be careful. watch that north over to the dumbarton bridge. a live look outside and see how things are shaping up further north on the golden gate bridge. there's the low clouds, the haze hanging out, but the visibility just fine right now, christina saying fog will develop and also a warning there may be possibility for drizzle from time to time in spots, but looks like that sun is coming out on the bridge itself. smooth drive, nothing unexpected there all the way into the city. back to you. 6:39 right now. coming up on "today in the bay," a bay area woman will be recognized in washington today for her nearly 50 years of environmental activism. see what she's done to reserve the honor coming up. and the search is over for a plane that disappeared during a demonstration flight.

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enjoying the beauty of the bay area, you can thank a local environmentalist whose efforts to preserve the bay area wetlands will be honored tonight in washington, d.c. "today in the bay's" marla tellez where there's living proof of her hard work. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. her name is florence lariviere. she has her own marsh out here. it's all part of the don edwards san francisco bay national wildlife refuge. it's right after the dumbarton bridge in fremont. we can give you a much better look at it from aerials we shot by our chopper. you can see all the wildlife out here is just gorgeous. now, this refuge spans the southern part of the bay and covers some 40,000 acres. it came to be in the early 70s thanks in large part to florence. i spent some time with her at her palo alto home. she tells me it was back in the

'60s when she knew she had to do something about all the developments along the peninsula. >> look at all of the things we've done to the bay. garbage dumps, airport runways -- and i read this little notice in the mercury news that said if you're worried about san francisco bay and what's happening to the marshes, come to my office tomorrow at 10:00. >> reporter: and as they say, the rest is history. she ended up working with don edwards to establish this refuge in 1972. and she has dozens of awards to prove it. today she is in washington, d.c. to receive yet another award. this is the national wetlands award from the environmental law institute. she tells me she is just thrilled, very humble about it. she says at 88 years old she certainly p doesn't expect all the attention. live in fremont, marla tellez, "today in the bay."

it is tradition, and now the flame that will be burning during the olympics on its way to london this morning. a few hours ago, the torch was lit in ancient olympia greece with a mirror and sunlight. a greek swimmer took it from there. the olympic -- they kick off the olympics in london with the opening ceremony officially on july 27th, and of course, nbc bay area, your home for complete olympic coverage. check out all the festivities and our insider coverage on the 2012 games. make sure to check out our website, nbcbayarea.com, search olympics. >> very exciting. because of the time difference of here and london, you'll get a lot of your great information in the morning and a lot of live coverage for you. >> good point. >> keep that in the back of your mind. put that in your back pocket until olympics time. and mother's day weekend right around the corner now. let's get to your forecast for today and beyond. taking a live look looking out towards candle stick point over the bay.

and you can see what is left of that marine layer. most of that formation was south toward the monterey bay. whatever cloud cover we do have out there right now, looks like it's going to start to clear before we hit about 11:00 a.m. you can see it's hazy off in the distance as you see the oil rig very vaguely. let's take it to the temperatures. 49 degrees in livermore. 52 in san jose, good morning to you there. and 48 degrees here in sunnyvale. temperatures really mild today at the coast and bay side. just about -- the future cast at 10:00 a.m., whatever did develop is all going to clear out of here by 10:00 or 11:00 at the latest. we have a good-looking day shaping up. a little trough of low pressure coming through. it's going to be nice and breezy at the coast today. so a nice, cool breeze, a little on the warm side here inland. we're talking about temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s. with filtered sunshine. the only high clouds that can get through are the cirrus clouds and making for hazy

sunshine later on today. the best sun between the hours of about 10:00 and 2:00. and then it'll start to turn a little bit more filtered. 85 degrees in livermore today, 87 in the valley, comfortable conditions in santa cruz, 73 degrees. if you want to hit the beach when it's going to be warm, really comfortable, we're talking about saturday, 81 degrees in san francisco and 83 degrees in santa cruz. sunday, mother's day, cooling down just a touch, still warm inland if you want to make the outdoor plans early if you can. monday, tuesday, wednesday, temperatures level off to the seasonal averages and we get a full week of seasonal weather. 6:50, check your drive with mike. >> looking over here highway 4, antioch, we expect to see the speeds. below 20 all the way through towards loveridge. but look at this over here. starting in pittsburgh and bay point and moving towards concord. we have the yellow showing up here, 40s and 50s, 242 and making down towards concord and the interchange. heavier commute builds for that portion of the east bay.

also the tri-valley showing a slow drive. starting to gum up around the dublin interchange and as well as south through sunol. pleasanton holding up through the limit pass for now and up to the area. and also looking at castro valley y where we have slowing out of the valley and a split off of 238 and a disabled vehicle still reported at marina. live look at 880 shows you a flow still going on past the coliseum, guys. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:51 right now. we continue to follow developing news in the south bay where investigators are due back at the scene of a massive fire -- five-alarm fire in santa clara. the flames so intense at times nearly 100 people still out of their homes. bob redell live at the scene where they're still watching hot spots out there. >> reporter: yeah, they've had hoses charged ready to go. there's one being discharged right now. all night long because this fire

still has the potential of flaring back up. as you mentioned, anywhere from 75 to 100 people are still evacuated. and these are people who live in the two buildings behind the ruins. these are buildings that suffered heat damage, radiant heat damage. the heat so intense that it actually set off the water sprinklers in that building. the fire department was able to save those buildings. you had two buildings under construction and those are a loss. and you can see why. here's cell phone video that shows how intense, how large this fire was. basically had three stories of open timber, no sprinkler systems. that's how early in the construction these buildings were that just went up. the flames were so intense, so high in the sky, we understand they could be seen a mile away. when the fire department arrived, they knew they were going too need help, called iffer a fifth alarm calling in the county and the city of san jose. took them an hour to get this fire out. unfortunately, they could not save the two buildings under construction. >> the flame was taller than the

ladders. the firefighter ladders and i saw the whole house collapse, the whole thing just fell down. crazy. >> we spoke with the fire department this morning, they say that on the surface there's nothing that they're aware of that makes this suspicious. the fire investigator was out here last night and now the sun's back up, they're going to be back out here again this morning to get another look at this in the daylight. reporting live here in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." and happening right now, investigators still at the scene of a deadly police shooting in san francisco. that victim, a man wanted in connection with a north bay homicide. "today in the bay's" christie smith with all the latest details. good morning. >> good morning to you. san francisco police are still here on scene. and i just spoke with a man who evacuated last night. he says he lives in the apartment right next door to where all the shootings took place. he says what happened is he heard voices, police officers talking with a man. then all of a sudden he said he heard gunfire about four rounds and said it kept going and he

and his fiancee had to take cover just to stay safe. he said a number of people had to evacuate down the fire escape just to get out of the building safely around 8:45 here on poe street. what happened is police came to question a man about a killing in their city when police say the man's girlfriend answered the door, he opened fire. the officers retreated and san francisco police and s.w.a.t. came for help for backup, the building evacuated. police say over the next hour or so, this man set fires in the apartment and kept right on shooting through the walls and floors. he was shot by san francisco police. police had been looking into the killing of a 66-year-old woman in their city on tuesday. of course, still a lot of questions to be answered. and san francisco police say they are going to hold a press conference to try to answer some of those questions at 11:00 this morning over at the hall of justice. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." a city council decision has some union city residents

smoking mad. last night the city council voted to exempt gas stations from a new ordinance prohibiting tobacco sales near u youth-oriented establishments. they decided over concerns about driving one local station owner out of business and returning crime to the area. opponents say exempting gas stations means more places where young people can buy cigarettes. federal stimulus cash, the investigative unit following that money and who got it and what they did with it. some surprising winners in the quest to land tens of millions of your tax dollars of he found 17 of the biggest most recognized companies right here in the bay area received at least $94 million stimulus dollars total. it's meant to kick start the economy and keep businesses afloat through those tough economic times. but some critics and small business owners say in some cases the government overlooked the little guys when doling out

those stimulus dollars. here's a preview of steven's report. >> i think it's clear that there were some flaws. >> reporter: he serves for omb watch in the nation's capital. he says the stimulus program for the most part is successful but admits some smaller companies that should've received money, didn't. >> there is sort of this tension between getting the money out as fast as possible to the people who need it the most, but at the same time, making sure that you're spending that money in an effective way and responsible way. >> yes, we had to drastically cut down -- >> reporter: he and his three business partners applied for a $1.5 million stimulus grant to hire 13 people and build a video conferencing system to serve rural hospitals. >> if the stimulus money had come in at the right time, we would have been in a much different state. >> reporter: they essential lip

went out of business. an example critics say that shows the stimulus failed to live up to some of its lofty goals of helping small business and creating jobs. >> we were hoping that the companies would stay afloat, they would put people to work or keep them at work. >> well, tonight steven will break down which major companies actually received stimulus funds including a project totaling $25 million. that's all coming up in his full investigation tonight at 11:00. when governor brown delivers his updated budget proposal next week, it will include additional cuts. a source with one of the state worker unions tells our nbc station in sacramento that deep cuts are looming large. the source of pay cuts would be in the range of 8% to 10%. the budget deficit would likely exceed $10 billion surpassing the governor'sest estimate in january. cuts could come in the form of layoffs or furloughs.

an alternative plan to pay cuts could include asking state workers to contribute more to their health and pension benefits. laura, a looming deadline could lead to the closure of 70 state parks unless state lawmakers reach a compromise. two bay-area senators pitching a plan to keep about 50 of those parks open by reallocating millions of dollars in the state parks and recreation budget. now, the bill would need simple majorities to reach the governor's desk for a signature. and plans are underway to keep the state's fish population above water. 60,000 baby salmon will be released into fisheries in the half-moon bay later on today. state fish and game are trying to restock the farms after losing fish to delta water pumps. overall, biologists say more fish will be spawning in the central valley than in recent years. conservation and better ocean conditions also helping with the population growth. 6:58. time to check in with scott mcgrew this morning. see how shares in yelp are

doing. we were talking about this earlier. >> we were talking about that. they're going to stay in san francisco. yelp is moving slightly higher as is the whole market. the dow industrials up this morning as are the nasdaq after six straight days of losses. dow up 85, nasdaq up ten. they're going to patrol the sacramento river looking for everything from the salmon population you talked about to the mix of fresh water and salt water. more than 100 robots launched as an experiment. some just float, laura and jon, others have little propellers that can move independently. >> interesting. >> yeah, fun, huh? >> very cool stuff. let's check the forecast. not too cool, maybe just right for a lot of you. >> yeah, probably don't need that jacket. today we're talking about 79 degrees at noon inland up to 82 at 4:00 p.m., cooler bay side and in your coastal cities. >> the maps, christina, as we head away from the bay bridge. eastbound carlson, opposite commute but reports of an