new this morning, he has the delegates. now mitt romney needs money. the bay area fund-raiser he will attend today after claiming victory in the texas primary. >> nearly two years after a bidding burns down one of the teens behind the fire is sentenced. how long he will be behind bars. good morning. i'm bob redell. live in the south bay. we will tell you what caltrans is doing to make your life easier during your commute from san jose. that story coming up. live look at the golden gate bridge on this very early wednesday morning. may 30. "today in the bay."

a very good morning to you. the time is 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. you may notice a theme to the short-sleeved marla and i have selected for today. it is going to be a hot one. temperatures ending up in the mid 80s. this morning starting out in the 50s. it is a lack of the fog we had yesterday that's going to make for a warmer day. offshore flow setting up. we are expecting fog at the coast. we will con to update you on that and not even the warmest just yet. we peak tomorrow. full forecast in moments. check your drive first with mike. >> good morning. pretty dark and it is the reason we warn you about this disabled vehicle in the middle of the connector from eastbound 237 on the northbound 880. coming through millipede as. that's on the right side of your screen. left side of your screen you see

the left showing westbound 237. i will get back here to refresh and make sure it is just a data error. i will check out that slowing heading into the mountain. send it back to you. >> technology. thanks, mike. you will enjoy this one. south bay commuters getting the green light on a nasty stretch of roadway near downtown san jose. >> caltrans will flip the switch at key spots as of this afternoon with hopes of easing congestion. bob redell is live in san jose with an update on the new metering lights. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. anyone who has problem on 280 through downtown san jose during the afternoon commute knows how congested it can be. caltrans is hoping it can alleviate some of that. later this afternoon the age sly turn on metering lights here at 7th street onram and six other ramps throughout downtown. they will be running from here on out during the afternoon commute. drivers will have to wait

several minutes at these onramps waiting to enter. caltrans estimated delays on southbound, 280 with these new metering lights, will go down by 30 seconds per vehicle. you can think of the vehicles out there that does add up. in the fall, state will be turning on metering lights at six onramps in the northbound direction and not just san jose. mercury news reports that was in the next four years, over 300 additional throughout the bay area will be receiving metering lights. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." brian stoes accused attackers due in court today. louie sanchez and marvin norwood scheduled for a preliminary hearing on assault and mayhem charges. prosecutors added federal counts of weapons possession against both convicted felons. now that tack order potential ten-year sentence if they are convicted.

. survivor of a deadly car rampage now speaking out. he's hoping to stop his attacker from being released from prison. he spent the past decade relearning how to live his life. he's still recovering from the emotional and physical scars of being run over by david atia. back in 2001 he plowed his car right into a crowded street killing four people and including his sister. he was convicted of second-degree murder but found legally insane. he's hoping to be release flood an outpatient treatment center. >> not taking account what did you to me, that would be he gets to get a little less three years for each of his murders. that doesn't seem quite fair. >> we can tell you an east bay familiar sly traveling to the hearing in santa barbara to make sure their son who was also

killed in this attack is not forgotten. the hearing is expected to last several days. 4:35. teenager convict of setting fire to one of the largest elementary schools will spend eight years in prison. trace elementary was badly damaged by the six-alarm fire almost two years ago. they were 16 at the time of the fire. both were tried as adults. the second teen will be sentenced in july. the damaged part of trace is being rebuilt and expected to be ready by the start of the new school year. san jose police have identified a 16-year-old boy killed in a double shooting over the weekend. zamura was koyld virginia avenue near king road saturday night. friends have left candles and flowers at the scene. a 23-year-old man was also shot but he's expected to recover. police believe that the shooting was gang related. a seemingly healthy player

with the san jose saber cats is now dead. just days after scoring a winning touchdown. johnny curtain's body was found at an inn in santa clara. a teammate was looking for the 26-year-old when the discovery was made. curtain changed the saber cats a few weeks ago. on his last play on the field, saturday night when he scored the winning overtime touchdown. people who knew him are now speaking out. >> tragic. the highlight of his life over the last couple of years has been -- become a father. and his daughter was -- you know the center of his universe. >> investigators say that it appears nothing criminal happened in this case. the coroner, county coroner is looking into curtain's medical history to try to find more clues about his death. >> in decision 2012 with republican nominations firmly in his grip, mitt romney heads to the bay area today for a fund-raiser at the exclusive carolyn chateau in hillsborough.

tickets to the event run as high as $50,000 apiece. last night romney declared victory in the texas primary giving him more than enough delegates to clinch the republican nomination. focus order president obama's economic records. >> been a big disappointment, hasn't he? sometimes i don't think he understands what it takes to help people. >> meg whitman who worked for romney at bain capital is co-chairing tonight's fund-raiser. suspend chair starts his official misconduct hearing next month. a lot of supporters in the courtroom. it will now be open to the board of supervisors to permanent remove him from office for official misconduct.

christina loren and i showing off our arms today become of the forecast. what's going on? >> the beach is that way. temperatures are in the 50s to start. yes. pull out your tank top and pull out the shorts. you know what, you may want to cover up with a sweater in santa rosa or novato with temperatures still running about five degrees warmer than this time yesterday. but chilly, 46 degrees in novato. 51 degrees in san jose. 50 in sunnyvale to start you out. we have a good looking day shaping up. high pressure doing its job to clear the skies and warm us up. temperatures today are going to be warmer than they have been in a couple of weeks to make sure you are ready for that. you want to be drinking plenty of water today. windy conditions at the coast. meanwhile, we are going to see breezy conditions. i want to really distinguish the difference between our micro climate today with this graphic. we are expecting windy conditions by the coast. you will see substantial sea

breeze you inland cities aren't going to get that much of it. but if you do live on the east shore expect breezy conditions as we head throughout this afternoon. 5 to 10 degrees warmer today than yesterday. near records as we head through tomorrow. very, very warm for this time of year. 90s all over the temperature map. we will take you through the full forecast. drink lots of water. let's check your drive. here's mike. >> folks, let's go back to the map i showed you earlier. eastbound 27237. the connector has the disabled vehicle blocking one lane. i can tell looking at that time map we have more problems. from my technology that's the fancy word marla used. westbound 237 that slowing cleared up. as i said, no incidents reported this. at the bottom of the screen northbound 880 has a slowdown slowing up. no incidents in that area. only construction marked in these spots for 85 to the bottom of the screen around 87. 280 at saratoga. 85 on the left. fremont. we will check on 101 and 880,

that vicinity. so far no incidents. sensors justing as more folks start to hit the road. 4:30 is when you see a bump, slight one, with the volume of traffic. over here, southbound 101 between marsh and university we have construction bringing down to one lane. no major slowing lou palo alto or manuel park. golden gate bridge, clear view of all the lights. smooth drive through the north bay. although there are low clouds hovering around. we will watch as it affects the drive. so far no complaints. back to you. >> okay, mike, thanks. 440 now. memorial day weekend saw fewer arrests but more fatalities on california roads. chp says statewide officers arrested just over 1300 drivers for dui thing weekend. 60 fewer than last year. officers saw an increase in fatal crashes. 25 people were killed in crashes over the three-day weekend this year. last year that number was 24.

a 19-year-old woman getting a sweet honor. chosen to carry the olympic torch right true the uk. sarah williams chosen for the honor after heading a charity project that made thousands of blankets for foster kids. williams is expected to carry the torch through buckingham on july 9. she's one of 22 american torch bearers selected in advance of the june -- july 27 opening ceremonies held in london. nbc bay area, of course, is your home for the 2012 olympic games. full coverage on air and online, less than two months until those opening ceremonies. >> any idea how much those torches weigh? >> you know, they have some heft to it. rain the torch in 1996. a long time ago. >> wow. >> i actually have one. it is broken now. >> do you really? >> yes, do i. >> you ought to bring that in. >> it is in piece. >> that's all right. we will glue it together. >> not as sturdy. >> that's impressive. still ahead, facebook stock cannot stay afloat.

the social network share price takes another blow in trading. what it means for the company. chevron under fire in san ramon. why activists are protesting the company as it meets with shareholders. >> also a security breach at a southern california airport has travelers on edge. how a homeless man boarded a plane without a ticket. >> for all your news, weather and all sorts of good things, come find us. we are on facebook. ar nbc bay a

welcome back. early out there on the bay bridge tool plaza. not a lot of traffic. as the day progresses and the sun comes up we know that will fill up. mike inouye will be here to tell us about that trend. this morning protesters from the far corners of the globe will gather in the bay area. the target -- chevron's shareholders meeting. several groups plan to demonstrate today. protests are also planned this afternoon wrought side of the company's san francisco offices on california street. the protesters say chevron is destroying the environment. and point to an oil spill in brazil and an explosion on an offshore rig near nigeria. chevron was also ordered to pay

$18 billion for a pollution suit in ecuador. the company stock goes down. facebook getting an emphatic thumb up on the expansion plans in menlo park. the council approving projects that will triple its work force to about 6,600 people. this is part of the deal facebook would pay menlo park $850,000 a year over the next decade. and million dollars for capital improve many and community services. the social network plans to branch out across the bay front expressway. two campuses would be connected by an underground tunnel. things going smoothly so far for facebook in menlo park. on wall street, quite a different story. facebook shares taking another hit yesterday. for that and more we turn to cnbc head quarters. >> that's right. facebook could be called the stock that keeps going away. shares fell 9% in yesterday's trade. closing below $29. pace book is now down 25% from

its ipo price of $38 a share. market value, of course, has dropped with it starting at $104 billion and it is now down to $79 billion. more trouble may be looming for the company. regulators have signaled they may conduct a lengthy review of facebook's $1 billion purchase of instagram. in terms of how the market ended in yesterday's trade and look at how the mark retsz trading now, futures are lower this morning as the european mark receipts slumping. making it that much harder for the government to pay its bill. european central bank rejected the same plan to bail out troubled lender bankia with funds from the ecb. data this morning on pending home sales. that will continue to be a market mover. in terms of how the markets closed last night, stocks rallied after polls in greece showed the public is committed

to the country staying in the eurozo eurozone. the dow gaining 125 points. back over to you in california. >> thank you very much for the update. good morning. it is 4:48. warmup in store for us on this wednesday. meteorologist christina loren is here to talk about it. >> we are lucky to be here in california. >> indeed we are. >> we are lucky to be here. good morning to you. really good looking weather for today. and tomorrow. if you don't have to turn on the ac today you likely will tomorrow inland. it will be downright hot by our standards in the bay area. near record. today 85 degrees. that's bass warm as i'm going in places like gilroy. tomorrow more 90s on your temperature map. this morning we are in the 50s. 50 degrees in livermore. 47 cold in the outlying cities in gilroy, novato and santa rosa. this afternoon temperatures will warm so quickly. once the sun comes out. we will see a lot of sunshine off the bat inland and seeing a little bit of cloud cover hugging the coastline until

9:00, mid morning hours. we should see the clearing. as a result of that sunshine coming in early, offshore flow, setting up, temperatures are going to be warm by noon. 67 degrees inland. you will be at 83 degrees later on today. and as you can see, we just keep on climbing as we head through your thursday. tomorrow will peak. 90 degrees inland and 83 degrees in oakland tomorrow. it is going to be a hot one even in the city. i'm going about 80 degrees in san francisco for your thursday. then as we round out the week on friday, temperatures will come down just a touch. they will level off. still staying just about as warm. we start to cool off sunday, monday and tuesday. getting a little bit of shower activity it looks like tuesday into wednesday. we will talk about that coming up. right now i will send it back to you. >> thank you. 4:49 now. cuts could be in the works long term for caltrain. in the short term more trains could start rolling on the tracks. transit agency is meeting tonight to talk about the adding six days to the weekday schedule.

caltrain says the weekday ridership is at a historic side this year with a 12% increase in 20 consecutive months of ridership growth. caltrains says it is not expecting any service cuts or fare increase this year. but that can change next year when caltrain runs out of its one-time only grant money. security breach cause as scare at san diego's airport and security officials say a homeless man released from prison walked right through an emergency fire door, terminal, then went out on the tarmac but didn't stop there. he managed to climb aboard a united plight and made it tall way to a seat before a flight attendant finally realized he didn't have a plane ticket. the plane was immediately evacuated. >> we are going to have to have everyone come off the aircraft. we are going to have to go search -- bomb sniffing dogs. >> that plane was cleared. and now the man is back in jail, facing several charges. tsa officials right now

investigating this breach. they may want to step up their security there. >> you wonder how that happened. coming up, familiar face returns to the giants. she's only 6 years old. let's say she is very confident with good reason why. a young virginia girl making history as she steps up for the national spelling bee today. >> traffic flows smoothly through 580. i got word after fire we are watching. the situation just off the oaan. i will show you where coming up.

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s welcome back, everybody. give me a live look. that's downtown san jose. sparkle thing wednesday morning.

we are going to check the roads with mike in just a minute. your time is 4:53. >> good news for the giants power hitter back at the plate for batting practice. the hand is not completely healthy at this point but good enough for the panda to step up and take about 30 swings at the bat left-handed. the giants general manager says he hopes to have pablo back in the lineup in about two weeks. meantime, his teammates feeling the magic on the field. diamondbacks taking on the giants. 3-1. melky cabrera logging his 50th hit for the month of may. man is on fire. that's a new record for the giants. go ahead and celebrate. feel good about it. previous record was set by willie mays. melky, yeah, take a little piece of pie in the face. congratulations, big boy. >> looks good. >> shaving cream. not that great. they use shaving cream. >> do they really? >> yes. not tasty. >> i guess that wouldn't be. learn something new every day. lou the roads looking? >> menthol.

let me show you construction road work i'm pointing at. routes away from the maze. the bottom of your screen, exclamation point, clearing from southbound 880 as you come out of downtown and heading down towards 23rd. we do have word of a fire. crews heading in there. just off of 908. mlk jr. at 29, a block off of the freeway, there may be smoke visible as well. again, some sort of structure fire. we are getting more details on that for oakland. meanwhile, one of the construction sites i showed you was on the bay bridge. live look of the bridge and expand lower deck there, flashing lights. they were there a few seconds ago. they may be moving now. so that's an indication of what -- getting ready for the morning commute. little glow to the lights. fog not an issue. low clouds. not as bad as it looks. smooth drive. >> thanks. 4:55. some of the brightest students in the country are in washington, d.c., this week for the national spelling bee. preliminary rounds start today. among the competitors,

6-year-old lori ann madison of virginia. she looks like a little ceo. >> brilliant. >> the youngest competitor in the bee's 87-year history. when asked how she feels about her chances in the bee she says she feels great. >> that's how you should feel. >> the competition includes 278 spellers from all 50 states and several other countries. including china, new zealand and japan. the semifinals and finals happen tomorrow. >> good luck to little lori ann. >> i know, right. another bay area student earned major bragging rights in a different bee. >> that's right. seventh grader varun mahadevan receiving a hero's welcome from his fellow students and teachers in fremont. the 13-year-old placed third in the "national geographic" bee which was held in washington, d.c., just last week. we asked him last night how he stays on top of everything. >> what keeps me motivated is probably the interest i have in geography and the -- passion i

have had and discipline from the parents. >> well-spoken young man. impressive there. to go with his geography bee victory he wins $10,000. money the young says he is planning on putting towards college. smart kid. >> they will rule the world. still ahead, another presidential candidate looking to cash in at the bay area atm. how much lit cost to you attend mitt romney's fund-raiser, next. >> also drivers in the south bay getting green light and the red on their afternoon commute. how new metering lights will affect rush hour traffic. >> it is never too early to speak to us. findous facebook f yr ws news, weather, traffic updates.

gop front runner mitt romney makes a stop in the bay area today. the latest candidate coming to california, looking for cash. i'm christie h.