hearing right now. can you hear now, christie? >> reporter: yeah, i hear three people. >> go ahead, take it away, christie. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. well, what's in the last two minutes or so, there was a pickup truck that was sitting right here where these three gentlemen were standing. someone got in it, turned it on, and drove it away. and they backed up this amtrak train. we believe it is a capital corridor train. now i took a quick look inside and i didn't see any passengers inside it. but what's been going on here this morning basically is that we've had a lot of investigators from union pacific and a couple of other agencies looking at a pickup truck that to the amtrak train clip. i spoke with one gentleman here this morning and he thinks what happened is perhaps the vehicle, there were several of them here, people just moved them out of the way. maybe they were parked a little bit too close to the train

tracks. so, again, within the last couple of minutes, someone got in and just moved that truck to the other side. i spoke with the berkeley fire department, and they're telling me there were no injuries at all. we have seen some crews here from union pacific checking the tracks out and that sort of thing. but for the most part, the train has just been sitting still since we got here this morning. i haven't seen any passengers off the train. one gentleman did tell me that this was a capital corridor train and that they're just looking at the tracks right now and trying to get everything back up and running. i do have calls into amtrak this morning. haven't heard back yet. but the good news, no one was hurt, and at least for now, they have that truck that was sitting right here. it's been moved to the other side. so that's what we have from here. we're at 3rd in berkeley. back to you guys in san jose. >> christie, thank you very much for that update. that could affect the morning commute as well as a situation at a b.a.r.t. station in san francisco.

that closed it for a short time. we want to check the morning commute right now with mike on how both of these are going to impact our morning. >> christie showed that the pickup truck had been pulled off the tracks. that's good news, that's progress, but train 518 is still sitting there on the tracks and i'm just checking the capital corridor service right now for trains 521, 522 and only registering 6:00, maybe 6:05 for their departure. it's 6:02 right now, i think that'll be updated soon. so far that train not moving. stopped right now between berkeley and richmond as that day gets started. now, no word on the status of the train coming into or out of richmond. we haven't heard of any delays. if you get to the richmond station, that might be your best bet getting out of the area or into the area you can transfer there. tell folks to transfer at the richmond transfer station before the b.a.r.t. line. that that's the end of the line. you should be able to get back into the area and you have to take the b.a.r.t. system for the rest of your trip through the bay area. that's one option for you.

now, also on the b.a.r.t. lines, the 24th station like laura talked about was closed for a period of time due to police activity that has reopened, 24th at mission has reopened and no delays for the b.a.r.t. system. 16th was your alternate. 16th and mission that station is fine, as well, guys. we'll track the rest of your commute coming up. 6:03, and new this morning, less than half an hour away from the opening bell on wall street and a big buzz this morning, heading into the day is jpmorgan chase's announcement it lost $2 billion in only a few weeks. scott mcgrew live in our newsroom really flabb ebergastf. >> this has been washington's concern all along. and the irony is what jpmorgan chase did will actually be against the rules, but not until later this summer. you want more irony? the head of jpmorgan chase was the leading critic against this rule nicknamed the volcker rule that would've saved his bank billions. what seems to have happened is that a banker in london made

bets that the economy would get better, those bets called hedges are supposed to help banks protect against their investments in going bad. he was wrong. these are the same sort of bets called derivatives that brought down the financial system back in 2008. after the financial crash, washington set in place certain rules like the volcker rule that prevent banks from making certain investments with your money to prevent this from happening again. now, the head of jpmorgan chase admits this morning he has egg on his face. i do want to point out one thing, jpmorgan chase owns chase bank, your neighborhood bank on the street corner there. your money is absolutely unaffected. your money, they lost their money for now. this company makes billions of dollars per quarter, jon, so, in a weird way can kind of afford to lose $2 billion in two weeks. it's been unhappy about it, but it will not affect your money in any way. >> not good business all the way around. thank you very much for that update. this morning, uc berkeley's

research farm in albany where occupy protesters have been living since last month now sealed off. police allowing them to leave the site, but not enter. however, protesters on san pablo avenue are being allowed to pass food and water over the fence to those inside. the land being used for plant research, and occupy protesters want the university to turn it over for part of its community for farming. 6:05. today, oakland mayor jean quan among others will rally in support of programs. days before the governor releases that revised budget. deeper cuts are reportedly looming and they could come in the form of layoffs, furloughs, and pay cuts. right now the state deficit is about $10 billion, which is higher than the governor's estimate back in january. today's rally will be held at noon at laney college. there are new details at the devastating fire in the town home complex. the builder telling "today in

the bay," he believes the five alarm blaze was an accident does not add up. bob redell live in santa clara where some people are still out of their homes. bob, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, jon. the plan was to release some of the residents back in the two buildings that were damaged. you've got the construction site burned down, two buildings that suffered damage. the plan was to let those people back in their homes yesterday. but they found some new damage in there, the fire department, they're not going to let them go in there until they're able to fix that. as for the investigation, this fire at this town home construction site was so large that santa clara fire has had to call in the county's arson task force to help figure out the cause. we don't know if they have already, but we do know they want to speak with witnesses who saw someone pumping a liquid on to the site a few hours before it caught fire around 10:00 on wednesday night. and here's something else that raises questions, the builder of these town homes, they tell us

there was no electricity on this site yet. >> the fact that we were still just at the framing stage, and that no one was on-site for over three to four hours, it's odd. >> the fire investigators are not only trying to interview witnesses, they're also taking a look at cell phone video that captured this massive fire wednesday night. the five-alarm fire, flames are shooting so high, people saw them from as far as a mile away. investigations going to take a while. they're not sure when they're going to be able to tell us what caused this. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you for that update. checking in with meteorologist christina loren. >> yes, you made it to friday, getting a spectacular sunrise over the bay bridge, gorgeous conditions here. it's a little bit choppy out on the bay. we do have a little bit of a breeze out there, that's preventing the marine layer from setting in and we're getting a crystal clear start just about

everywhere. ragged patches of fog, sticking to your coastal mountains, 50 degrees in san mateo, we're headed toward the 90s in the warmest cities across the bay today. even warmer tomorrow. your weather headlines tell the story. mainly clear to start, fog at the coast, warm and hazy, 3 to 6 degrees warmer today as a result of that sunshine coming in so early. and then we really heat you up as we head into the upcoming weekend. stay tuned for the seven-day moments away now. we are still suffering from very high pollen count. but what i can tell you is there's good light at the end of the tunnel. next week overall looking much better in this department. so that's the good news if you have been suffering. you just want to limit your outdoor activities today yet again. noon inland, comfortable conditions at noon, but it's going to be downright hot come 4:00 p.m. in places like san jose, 88 degrees there, 80 in san francisco at 4:00 p.m., and that means 75 degrees in pacifica and half moon bay. even warmer tomorrow, your mother's day forecast moments away. but, mike, you're so busy on a

friday morning. what are you tracking right now? >> still tracking the activity through berkeley on the tracks. first, let's get the overview of the roadway. a smooth drive on the eastshore freeway, and caldecott tunnel through oakland and berkeley. but, yeah, we're busy watching this accident where christie smith is live updating that scene. but so far, i've been checking the capital corridor service and although berkeley has no updates as far as the progress for their train that is still on the tracks 3rd and camelia, train 521 has left the richmond area. if you take b.a.r.t. over to the richmond transfer station, you should be okay getting on the capital corridor lines from that point and heading eastbound if that is your route. a small brush fire reported just off the castro valley y, not really afrifecting the flow of traffic. and out of the altamont pass, as well. a traditional build, you guys coming out of the altamont pass and in through livermore. back to you. thank you very much.

6:09 right now. b.a.r.t. is on track to replace much of its fleet with next generation rail cars. canadian-based firm lombardier will fill the order. protesters say they don't use enough american workers and supplies. executives with the company say a majority of the train parts will be american made and all of the cars will be assembled here. well, laura, tonight the search for sierra lamar going from local to national. the case will be featured on "america's most wanted." just last month, a camera crew following volunteers as they searched for the missing 15-year-old. they also interviewed her parents for the show. santa clara sheriff deputies say the girl was likely abducted near a morgan hill bus stop back on march 16th. a teenage it had girl now facing attempted murder charges for allegedly setting her boyfriend's bed on fire while he was sleeping.

police say 18-year-old jacqueline rivera slipped into her boyfriend's home and used an accelerant to set that mattress on fire. the man's father reportedly doused the flames with a garden hose but not before he suffered minor burns on his hands and arms. the girl started the fire because she thought her boyfriend was cheating on her. right now, 6:11, darius hayward could be facing jail time. find out what he's accused of doing coming up. what was once deemed toxic is now affordable housing. good morning, i'm marla tellez in san jose. i'll tell you how this new complex came to be coming up. and following your news, weather, traffic, latest information, find us on facebook, nbc bay area.

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welcome back, everyone, it is 6:13. waste not, want not. the housing development in the south bay has turned a toxic waste site into homes for low-income families. more on how this site was built. marla, good morning. >> reporter: officials are calling this a new urban village. these are the family apartments right down the way from communication hill and south san jose right off monterey highway. now, today is the official grand opening, but i can tell you, people they already live here. in fact, i spoke to a gentleman. he says he moved in about a month and a half ago. he says so far he is a happy homeowner. he likes it here. this complex includes 92 homes, it is four stories, it's for families -- >> we apologize. it looks like we lost the signal with marla there, it is a pretty impressive fight there and what

they did with a former toxic site. it is 6:15 right now. pleasanton teachers have agreed to a new contract that could save the district more than $2 million. the contract could result in four furlough days for teachers and counselors if the state cuts more funding for the 2012, 2013 school year. it could mean increased teacher pupil ratios at the middle school and the high school levels. >> great weekend for riding a bike and we are hours away from the seventh annual amgen tour of california. the lead bicycle race kicking off sunday in santa rosa before heading to san francisco and to santa cruz county. stage three starting on tuesday in san jose before a winding through contra costa county and finishing in livermore. racers will ultimately make their way through parts of central california before finishing up all the way down in l.a. on may 20th. raiders' receiver darius hayward bay will go to court on may 31st. chp arrested him around 2:00 in the morning on april 7th.

according to officers, the 25-year-old was seen speeding and weaving through traffic while driving his 2012 range rover on the bay bridge. hayward bay failed a field sobriety test was booked and then released. if found guilty, hayward bay faces up to 6 months in jail. 6:16 right now. meteorologist christina loren has the weather. >> great for mother's day. good plans, take mom to the beach or do what jon kelley's going to do, stay in and watch "beaches." >> all day long. "fried green tomatoes." >> you are the wind beneath my wings. good morning. it's going to be really nice for you and mom as we head through this sunday. because the reason -- the reason i can tell you why tomorrow's going to be max warmth. we're talking about the 90s, potentially upper 90s in places like gilroy versus what we're expecting today. upper 80s in the warmest cities across the bay, maybe an

isolated 90 or two in places like gilroy, but overall, tomorrow, looking much warmer. we're starting out nice and mild, high pressure's keeping things on the mild side to start. we don't have any of that marine layer to point out at this moment in time. hazy conditions. but i don't think we're going to see the marine layer penetrate across the bay this morning. it's very, very thin and what's left is moving out quickly. we're talking about little bit of coastal fog. little bit warmer in the coastal cities tomorrow. but we're talking about a big-time warm-up in your inland cities. the microclimates making things a little difficult. it's that time of year. if you want to take mom to the beach on sunday, we'll cool down by about 5 degrees from saturday's highs. pacifica, 73 degrees, nice light breeze, keeping things comfortable. half-moon bay, 74 degrees come mother's day. and the warmest beach city will be santa cruz at 5 to 10 miles per hour, 77 degrees on mother's day. that's a great way to celebrate mom, take her to the water.

also want to make mom something she likes. 82 in the valley, 76 degrees in santa cruz. as we head throughout the next couple of days, we do get warmer but then drop you back down to 88 degrees on mother's day inland, that translates to 82 by the bay and 72 at the coast. things change monday to tuesday, stronger onshore flow, that'll cool us off a little bit, especially right by the water. we're going to warm you back up toward the middle and end of next week. keep that summer wardrobe handy. check that drive at 6:18 with mike. >> short sleeve suits coming up. watch for that, folks. we're looking over here to the dublin interchange. approaching the area, 19 minutes, but no unexpected incidents. 580 moves smoothly and sometimes that's unexpected. but it's friday. looking at a smooth drive, as well. 680, 880 down through fremont into the south bay. a little blip for 880. close to the limit as well as 101. we should see some slowing right around the 680/101 interchange

over the next few minutes. maybe 20 minutes until that starts to build in. construction has been cleared and a smooth drive up through san mateo. no accidents or incidents between 92 or the city itself. a smooth drive into san francisco. from the peninsula. live look at the golden gate bridge shows you from the north bay we have a nice drive, as well. little haze, but no visibility issues as far as the drive goes and a smooth flow of traffic. san rafael, all the way down into san francisco. back to you. >> thanks so much. 6:19. the head of yahoo has explained to his co-workers why the world thought he had a computer science degree when he didn't. he blames someone else. >> according to people who sat in on this meeting, thompson says the error about this college degree was introduced by a low-level staffer at a head-hunting agency who was recruiting him for a job. now, i gave a call to them based in chicago. i did this yesterday, have not

heard anything back. thompson says he never looked at the document that they created and that the document was used to write his online bio. both at paypal and at yahoo. thompson says he never noticed the problem because not once did he ever look at his online bio. as for an actual resume, which presumably he would write himself, he said he never used one to get the job at yahoo. whether scott thompson has a computer degree, he doesn't, or an accounting degree, which he does, probably is not as important as his overall credibility. here's charlene lee weighing in. >> as a leader, what you rest on comes from a source of credibility. do you have credibility with your investors? with your employees, with your team, with your board? obviously his credibility has been shot to pieces. >> charlene will be on press here this sunday. that jpmorgan chase debacle weighs in on bank stocks this morning. big question in the back of

everybody's head is did other banks do the same? and the financial times reports the ftc investigation into facebook's purchase of instagram could delay the ipo at facebook. the ftc routinely investigates large purchases by companies to make sure anti-trust laws aren't broken. and i know what you're thinking, how can the purchase of an iphone app violate antitrust. it's often on the lookout for companies buying little companies that they see as a threat as a way to knock off competition. that's probably what's going on here, not that facebook did that necessarily. but that's what the ftc wants to see -- >> and that's the zuckerberg made on his own. >> he's never been hot on this ipo to begin with. it will happen, we're not totally positive when. we think a week from today. >> sounds good. >> and the story continues. 6:21 right now. coming up, politics and apologies. mitt romney coming under fire for an alleged bullying incident when he was in high school. how voters are reng.

6:24 right now. first lady michelle obama hitting the college commencement circuit. this is video of mrs. obama speaking to graduates at the university of northern iowa last year. today she will address more than 5,000 hokies. she'll also give speeches this spring at north carolina and

at&t and oregon state university. well, this morning, michelle's husband and the president obama was taking a tour of western states leaving l.a. to talk about the economy. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning. this is controversy this week, but yesterday the president spending the past few days shaking some hands and raking in cash while his opponent has been busy apologizing, correct? >> exactly. let's start with the president because he was there in california down in l.a. last night. big fundraiser at george clooney's house. did you hear about this one? $40,000, plenty of people hanging out outside trying to get a glimpse of him. it was the biggest single fundraiser ever. democrats say the money's been pouring in since president obama announced he's supporting same-sex marriages. vice president biden has apologized for jumping the gun or as he put it, announcing his own support of a few days earlier.

meantime, republicans say they're going to use this as a key difference in the fall between the president and mitt romney. mitt romney's dealing with something else as it comes to same-sex and gay couples. he is actually being accused of being a prep school bully in the "washington post," an article says when he was in high school, he pulled a student out of his dorm. he and friends surrounded him, pinned him down and cut his hair. romney says i don't remember anything like that, but i did a lot of stupid things when i was in high school. and if i hurt anyone, i apologized. brand new this morning from that student's family, the victim telling nbc that the portrayal of the student is factually incorrect and agreed he would be used to further a political agenda. jon? >> thank you very much for the report. and president obama back in california may 23rd right here in the bay area. he's planning to attend three fundraisers all in one day. redwood city, palo alto, and aberton, a price tag of $35,800

per person. >> give or take a few hundred dollars. >> few thousand dollars. i want to check the forecast right now. those numbers are free. >> yeah, these numbers are free. you don't have to live in atherton to enjoy the beautiful weather. but atherton, gorgeous conditions. we're talking about the 50s to start, by noon today your peninsula readings will jump into the upper 60s in places like san mateo. and we're going to round out the day in the upper 80s and low 90s. let's check your drive first with mike. >> friday saw a lighter volume of traffic. no metering lights, but the rails held in berkeley. trains in and out of richmond, okay, we'll track this with christie smith. back to you. it is 6:27 right now. still to come on "today in the bay," more questions than answers in the massive fire in santa clara. why developers say they are suspicious. the family of oscar grant speaks out against his killer. what his mother is now saying.

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good morning, i'm christie smith live where an amtrak train hit a parked pickup truck. what's going on with passengers who have been stuck for hours. questions raised about the five-alarm fire here in the south bay. i'm bob redell, taking you here live to santa clara. that opening bell ringing right now on wall street. we are keeping an eye on the markets for you and we'll have a follow-up on jpmorgan chase's major announcement. and we're in the 50s to start, headed close to 90 degrees inland today. that means 80 degrees bay side. your seven-day forecast in moments. christie's got your amtrak delays. we'll know more after that station reopens. we've got a look at your roads too and show you where you're tapping those brakes coming up. and a live look outside over the bay area.

you made it to friday morning, it's may 11th, this is "today in the bay." good morning, thank you very much for joining us, i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we continue to follow breaking news where investigators are at the scene of an amtrak train accident in berkeley. the train hit a truck parked on the track. christie smith joins us live at the scene she's been gathering information all morning. what do you know now, christie? >> reporter: i just spoke with an amtrak police officer and he says what happened here this morning is that a worker at a steel plant were on 3rd and camelia parked his pickup too close or on the back end of the train track. that was here when we arrived this morning. but since then, they've been able to get the train off the tracks. the train involved is being

moved forward. what they did a couple of minutes ago is they brought in another train and moved the passengers who have been stuck here since about 4:45 on to another train so they could carry on. this is a capital corridor train that was going from oakland to sacramento this morning. what happened just a couple of minutes ago they're telling me is that the engineer on the train that was stuck basically said that he was fired. he called for backup and they brought in a second engineer, a second train to carry on this morning and get those passengers moving. so you can see at this point the train is gone. they gave the all clear to the tracks, maybe ten minutes ago. i asked if this was common practice with people parking their cars here and they told me that unfortunately sometimes it is. no one was in that pickup truck at the time. but when we first arrived, there were maybe three of them lined up right here and then three more right over there. so they say that's an infraction.

obviously you don't want to do that. they've been talking with some of the steel workers out here reminding them not to leave their trucks, their cars, their vehicles so close to the tracks. reporting live in berkeley, christie smith, "today in the bay." new details on that raging fire at a townhouse complex in santa clara. investigators at this point sorting through eyewitness accounts over what may have started the fire. bob redell is live in santa clara is live at that scene been there the last two days. bob, what are you hearing now? >> reporter: well, good morning to you, jon. first the issue of residents that are still evacuated. the plan was the two buildings that were damaged, they're the ones in the background there to let them back in yesterday, but the fire department found some damage in there, things that need to be fixed. they're holding off. it's to be determined when they'll be let back in. as for the investigation, this fire at the town home construction site was so large that santa clara county has called in the arson task force to find out the cause. they do want to speak with witnesses who saw someone

pumping a liquid on to this construction site a few hours before it caught fire around 10:00 on wednesday night. we spoke with the president of shea homes, they're the builder of these town homes. they think it's odd this happened considering it happened around 10:00 at night hours after the construction crew had left the site and gone home. >> no electrical, no plumbing yet. just basically at the framing stage, unfortunately that means it was, you know, that's why you saw the kind of fire that we had. >> reporter: the fire investigators not only interviewing witnesses, they are taking a look at cell phone video that caught this fire, very large fire. if you haven't seen the video, so large the flames could be seen, we understand from at least a mile away. it was a five-alarm fire. that means when they showed up on scene, they had to call for backup. they don't know when they're going to determine the cause of what caused this fire to start. bob redell, "today in the bay." just few hours from now, the family of oscar grant will be

back before cameras talking about the b.a.r.t. officer convicted of killing their son. grant's mother, wanda johnson will hold a news conference to denounce the court hearing this week appealing his conviction. oscar grant was unarmed when he shot and killed him at the b.a.r.t. station. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter nearly two years ago and served 11 months of a two-year sentence. this one is a story we first brought to you last night as breaking news about a man shot by san francisco police. investigators identifying that man as dennis hughes. police believe he beat his mother to death on tuesday in their home and that they shared then fled in her highlander and hold up in his girlfriend's apartment in knob hill. when police confronted him, he started shooting at them. investigators found the missing highlander in the surrounding area. and tonight, hundreds of families will take it into their own hands to try to crack down on prostitution. at 6:00, a rally will be held at

17th avenue and international boulevard to draw attention to the growing prostitution problem there. that is in the san antonio and east lake neighborhoods. jean quan and police chief howard jordan planning to speak. organizers want a strategy to try to fight prostitution, including community police partnerships and more targeting of johns and pimps. some progress has been made. we can tell you more than 20 security cameras are now installed along international boulevard. scott mcgrew has been reporting all morning long about the $2 billion -- $2 billion loss at chase bank. getting a quick look at how the markets are reacting so far. they're down a little bit. kind of fluctuated. let's check in with scott, though. did you think it would be more at this point? okay. we'll just take a look at the big board right now. and we'll keep our eye on it this morning. but down about 64 points so far.

>> jpmorgan chase news and the big $2 billion loss affecting the trading early on. it's 6:36, we check in with christina loren to find out about the weather. and i think the temperatures are going up. >> they are climbing as we head throughout this upcoming weekend. live at san francisco, the bay looking beautiful. nice clear start, sun shining over the bay means a warm day already seeing full sunshine from fairfield all the way down to santa cruz. 47 degrees there, 54 in san jose and we're at 51 degrees this morning in livermore. your weather headlines tell the story for today, mainly clear, a little bit of fog sticking to the coastal mountains. warm, hazy conditions, and also, yesterday we were in the good range when it comes to your air quality and every single county except for up in the north bay. every other region across the bay area was doing well. now today we are all in the moderate range except your peninsula cities. you want to keep that in mind and as we head through the next couple of weeks, we could be sparing the air. put that in your back pocket for now. we'll keep you updated as things

happen. 79 degrees noon inland, 80 bay side and 75 degrees at the coast, even warmer tomorrow. your full forecast seven-day mother's day outlook coming up. let's check on that breaking news, any updates with mike. >> well, we have the b.a.r.t. station reopened in the city, that one was breaking, it's gone. we're following that with christie, but no big deals. the trains may be moving shortly. we'll get another update on that soon. and this, there is a fire, a small one over there off the castro valley y. the chopper, headed out there, looks like we can't have much of a shot. looking at the roadway right now. it's not too steady. there it is and it's just off of 580 and 238. small brush fire had one lane closed 580 off 238. that few minutes ago cleared from the report without any major incident. light, really light. we'll go back to the map and show you no major problems for 580. there's your slowing typical for a friday. >> we'll take it where we can get it. 6:38 right now.

still ahead, how a baseball team became the state champions without playing the final game. plus, quick thinking, a father bolts from the driver's seat to save his young daughter. look at this dramatic video. we'll tell you exactly what's going down there coming up next.

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4-year-old out of a busy intersection. the video from china shows the whole thing. take a look at that van there. the child opened the door of a moving car falling to the ground. father jumps out of the driver's seat to grab his daughter. yeah, letting that car just, i guess, coast into a tree. much more important is the child. the young girl is now said to be doing just fine. >> thank goodness there wasn't a lot of traffic out there. south korea's largest buddhist sect being rocked by scandal. showing senior monks doing something illegal called gambling. another monk used a hidden camera to record eight other monks huddled together for a poker game. gambling is not allowed in south korea except at one single casino located in the northeast. arizona's newest state baseball champs won the title without even playing the title game. that's because the other team refused to play. mesa prep academy because they let a girl on the team.

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6:45. new homes and new hope. today the city in san jose will celebrate the opening of an unusual affordable housing project. the twist is, it was built on what used to be toxic land. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live at the site in san jose. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is hard to believe this property out here used to be toxic. you can get a look for yourself. it is nicely landscaped.

this is the family apartments. the complex is right off monterey highway just down from communication hill. now today it is the official grand opening, but i can tell you at least some of the apartments are already filled. i spoke to one man who told me he moved in about a month and a half ago. he says he and his neighbors are enjoying the home. the complex includes 92 homes, four stories, it is affordable sto housing. for families who make up to $57,000 a year. the project has been in the works for a couple of years. now here's a little bit of the background. this two-acre lot used to house an auto wrecking yard. now that business left behind a mess of spilled oils and high levels of lead. so the state department of toxic substances control stepped in and gave the city of san jose about $500,000 grant to clean up the site. so talk about a complete makeover. now, i placed a call this morning to officials to find out if there are any vacancies left.

i am waiting to hear back. in the meantime, i can tell you the grand opening is set for noon today. we understand that city officials from san jose will be onhand. they're going to open the doors here for tours. live in south san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> thank you, marla. 6:47, as heir apparent to the british throne prince charles handles several responsibilities, now including the weather. >> it'll be cold, wet, and windy across most of the scotland. >> classic. >> gosh, keep going. the prince handled the forecast for bbc scotland, celebrating 60 years on the air. british newspaper "the daily mail" wrote about the forecast. one day he will reign over us, today he just predicted it. get it? >> he's got the hand in the pocket, his little sean connery edge. very cool. i like it. no one can compete with

christina. >> we can trade jobs any day of the week. >> i can see you running that. >> i think i'd do well. i'll put my hand in my pocket. we've got a good-looking day. the pocket you want to put your hand in today will be the pocket of shorts because it's going to be a warm afternoon. you can ditch the pants, ditch the sweaters for at least the weekend. temperatures are going to be toasty. 88 degrees in san jose today. taking a live look over san francisco, you can see we do have a little bit of haze out there, and that will be the case. hazy sunshine for today, but really no cool marine formation we had yesterday to keep things nice and cool for the first part of your day with the sunshine coming in early. 30-degree jump between now and 4:00 p.m. forecasting 80 degrees in san francisco, 51 in livermore, high pressure firmly in control of our weather pattern moving in with a vengeance through the next couple of days. that will bring your temperatures up by about ten degrees between what we saw yesterday and what we're expecting saturday. peak warmth on saturday, 93 degrees is the forecasted high

in livermore. even some of your metropolitan cities ending up in the mid-90s. a little bit of fog this morning, mostly at the coast. we're not picking much of that up. looking really comfortable. couple of the beach cities really, really nice. san francisco at the marina, 67 degrees at noon on sunday, that means 73 degrees at 4:00 p.m., beautiful conditions there. if you wanted to take mom to santa cruz, here, as well, even warmer, 72 degrees at noon with full-on sunshine by 4:00 p.m., warming you up close to 80 degrees. mother's day looks good. in fact, very similar to what we're expecting today. tomorrow is that day you want to seek shade and stay indoors if you can't take the heat. 84 degrees in fremont, and 76 degrees for today. in santa cruz, here's that three-day forecast. you can see 93 degrees on saturday, 88, dropping back down to the upper 80s for mother's day. we've got a little bit of that coastal fog and drizzle monday into tuesday with onshore flow back in the mix but offshore flow resumes wednesday into thursday and as a result your

temperatures are back toward the 90-degree mark. check your drive, 6:49. >> you know so far, so far we're looking at the metering lights, christina, they are turned on here at the toll plaza. and we have some slowing. pretty typical westbound through berkeley. typical of these delays, they continue trains 520, 21, 23 all reporting significant delays because of an earlier accident and christie smith will have your update shortly. but plan on those coming into or out of berkeley richmond. 101 from capital expressway up toward 880, in the 30s and 40s, and guadalupe parkway. now heading into downtown san jose. that's about it for the south bay flow, as well. good stuff, guys. we will send it back to you with this map. >> exactly. and we continue to follow that breaking news story we've been following all morning long. investigators still at the scene where that commuter train traffic in the east bay certainly being affected. "today in the bay's" christie smith live at the scene, as well. >> good morning to you, laura. within the last couple of

minutes, the amtrak train that clipped a pickup truck took off that way in the direction that it was headed all along. what happened is that a second amtrak train came and picked up the passengers and carried them on towards sacramento. this is a capital corridor train running from oakland to sacramento. and an amtrak rep tells me this morning that the pickup truck was parked too close to the tracks and actually the back end of it was on the tracks. he said it belonged to a steel plant worker here in berkeley. about 4:45 this morning, he says, the train came along and hit the back of that truck. the workers showed up a short time later with keys and actually moved it. got it right off the tracks, they checked the trucks out to make sure nothing was wrong. now, i just maybe a little while ago finally saw a train, an amtrak train moving in the opposite direction and for the first time this morning, we're starting to hear movement. we're starting to hear trains go

by. as a matter of fact, we see one right now and it's going at a good speed, what looks like the normal speed. the one that came here a little while ago was going very slowly because crews are still here checking out the tracks making sure that everything is okay. of course, this is an infraction. you don't want to park your truck so close to the tracks. and when we got here, there were maybe six cars or trucks very close here and an officer told me that is an infraction, they were reminding the workers here not to do that. in fact, one investigator said and i'm putting it nicely what he said is it wasn't the smartest thing he'd ever seen. reporting live in berkeley, christie smith, "today in the bay." the builder of a santa clara townhouse complex partially destroyed in the five-alarm fire said an accidental cause doesn't add up. bob redell live at the scene with the latest on this investigation that right now has really got some people out of their homes for a second straight day. bob, not a great morning for those folks. >> reporter: no, it isn't.

good morning. especially considering they were supposed to be in yesterday. santa clara fire investigators are not commenting on the cause yet. the fire department is still out here. they're actually here to preserve the scene until investigators tell them otherwise. and this fire was so big and so significant because it destroyed so much that they've actually called in the county's arson task force to help them figure out what caused this to burn wednesday night. we don't know if they have already, but we do know they want to speak with witnesses who saw someone pumping a liquid on to this construction site a few hours before it caught fire, 10:00 wednesday night. and here's something else raising questions. the builder of these town homes, shea homes tell us there was no electricity on this site yet. >> we were still at the framing stage, really, and that no one was on-site for three to almost four hours, it's -- it's odd. >> reporter: this was a five-alarm fire, the flames were

shooting so high. we understand, some people were able to see them from a mile away. back here out on the scene. you've got the construction site in the background. a couple buildings -- construction site in the foreground, couple buildings in the background that suffered damage. the plan was to let the people who lived in those buildings go in yesterday, but apparently there still need to be repairs. it's to be determined when they're going to go back in their home. anywhere from 10 to 12 units. reporting live here in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." 6:54, a teenager facing attempted murder charges this morning for allegedly setting a boyfriend's bed on fire while he slept. police say 18-year-old jacqueline rivera slipped into his redwood city home and used an accelerant to start that mattress on fire. the fire was quickly extinguished, but not before the 21-year-old man suffered minor burns on his hands and arms. officers say the girl started the fire because she thought her boyfriend was cheating on her. tonight the search for sierra lamar going from local to

national. that case will be featured on "america's most wanted." last month, a camera crew following volunteers as they search for the missing 15-year-old and interviewed her parents. sheriff deputies say the girl was likely abducted near a morgan hill bus stop back on march 16th. tonight the nbc bay area investigative unit continues to follow your money. this time, more than $1 million tax dollars spent to study erectile dysfunction and the accurate reporting of a person's sexual history. asking why you paid for it. >> the first sentence of the description reads, improving self-reports about high-risk sexual behavior. >> right. >> that says to me they're trying to get people to more accurately report their high-risk sexual behavior. >> yes, that's exactly what it says. >> reporter: as part of the federal stimulus program, taxpayers spent $1.2 million to fund that study. the money went to the university

of california san francisco. it paid for 200 videotaped interviews using a new conversational interviewing technique. when you do the math, that's $6,000 an interview. >> i think the average person's going to look at $1.2 million to interview 200 people and say, wow. >> i understand that people could look at this and have issues with it. but, you know, this is research. >> i don't think most taxpayers think that would be a justified spending of stimulus money to conduct a sex study over fixing bridges and roads that, you know are crumbling every day. >> scott amy serves as general counsel for respected nonpartisan nonprofit watchdog group in washington, d.c. >> i guess the real question is, does the american public approve of a sex study being conducted? you know, was it the original intent of the stimulus spending is to fund a sex study? >> there is no doubt the federal

stimulus program has helped the economy. our questions center on some of the more questionable decisions of distributing that money. tonight at 11:00, more on that grand standing, plus you also pay to study erectile dysfunction in overweight middle-aged men. we ask why. nbc bay area news. nbc's hit show "america's got talent" is returning on monday. the buzz around the show is heightened this season, of course, because one of the judges piers morgan is gone, replaced by howard stern. that's right. the hair, the attitude, he's got it all. stern hosting a long-running radio show known for let's say some adult content and controversy. but fellow judge howie mandel says shock jock is one element of stern's personality. >> i'm blunt to the point and there's no nonsense with me. >> i think you're going to see sides of him you've never seen before. he absolutely is compassionate, emotional, edgy and honest, but all those factor into being a

really good judge. >> this could be it. this -- >> it certainly could be it. you can catch season 7 monday nights at 8:00 right here on nbc bay area. it's not every day you see a guy on a unicycle. it's not every day you see public nudity. imagine when you imply the two. >> i don't want to imagine that. i want to avoid that in my head. >> well, a lot of people saw a naked guy attempting to ride a unicycle in houston. police caught up with him and said he wasn't drunk or impaired and they charged him with indecent exposure. >> true story. they interviewed him and the guy said here's why i did it, it feels good. no joke. tgigf. >> this is called the dot. and what it is is a little convex mirror and it snaps on top of your iphone. and what you can do is record 360-degree video. you take your iphone to your friend's band concert, whatever,

you hold it up, you record and when you post the video on facebook, people can themselves scroll around the video whenever they want to, looking whatever direction they like as the video plays. now here's dot inventor jeff glass. >> you'd be amazed at how -- because people get to look around and they get to see that looks really neat, what about over there? oh, behind you. >> $50 will get it for you and i have recorded in the studio of you guys talking about whether cheerios are sexy. i've posted it to twitter, i tried to get it on facebook. and you can see behind -- >> wow. scott, appreciate that. yeah, but when a bee talks like barry white, cheerios are -- >> we watch them too here. >> he got us, didn't he? >> i guess. >> appreciate that. checking the forecast one last time are we? no, okay. we are certainly out of here on this friday morning. hope you have a wonderful weekend. good mother's day to all y