he was just here a couple of weeks ago. now president obama is coming back to the bay area today for more fund-raisers. i'm christie smith. we will have a preview coming up. >> san jose voters passed a major pension form initiative that could have national implications. how measure d could influence sites across the country. little pg&e revealing big problems with key pipelines. a live look outside for this wednesday morning. nice day on tap. this is "today in the bay." good pence morning,

everybody. time is 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. post election day. christina lorenz with the forecast. >> i'm happy to tell you you can dress for the spring today. we have a really good looking forecast today. nice and mild this morning. upper 50s. in? cities the upper 40s. some cities you will need a coat. lots of sunshine in the forecast. switching gears, a look at your drive this morning. mike has the day off. we are starting out absolutely incident-astro. construction earlier on 880 that wrapped and you can take a live look at the golden gate bridge and see absolutely no problems here. smooth volume in both directions. we will keep you updated on weather and traffic throughout the morning. back to you and the top stories. we jump right in with decision 2012. no doubt a busy day at the polls. california voters make their voices heard on several key issues. >> tuesday's primary elections, we are covering them all morning

for you. a presidential race turning against the bay area for cash. president obama makes a quick swing through san francisco today. christie smith live at sfo where air force one will touchdown later this morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is an extremely quick trip to the bay area for president obama. air force one touching down before noon. he's going to go into downtown san francisco and then leave the bay area less than four hours later. he is going to be attending two fund-raisers for his re-election campaign. both of them sold out. this comes after mr. obama was just in the bay area two weeks ago for fund-raisers. according to the chronicle he was already coming to l.a. for a big event. figure another stop in the bay area was in order where it is estimated that the cash haul for this quick trip will be $1.5 million. mr. obama will be at the julia morgan ballroom with hundreds of supporters that will pay $5,000 each for lunch and then he will

head to the landmark. governor jerry brown, san francisco mayor, ed lee, expected to be there along with lieutenant governor newsom. demonstrators will plan to be there, too. some they say he will be meeting again with what they call the 1%. from here the president heads to l.a. for an lgbt leadership luncheon. christie smith, "today in the bay." voters in san jose passing a major pension reform initiative setting the stage for bitter legal fight between unions and city leaders. measure b will reduce retirement benefits for government workers. here is a look at those results. measure b is a local measure but it is getting national attention here because other midge or cities want to follow suit on this. san jose mayor chuck reid says no doubt a big win for the city. >> able to restore some of the voiced positions we got, pyre positions we got, libraries, community centers. we turned the corner and the

voters have said okay, enough is enough of cutting. >> city workers on the other hand not happy with this outcome. they claim the city did not negotiate in good faith with the unions. union leaders now vowing to take the issue to court. 4:34. also this morning, tight finish for prop 29. that's the tobacco tax that adds $1 to the price of a pack of cigarettes. tight contest before election day. now with 99% of the precincts reporting, 49% voting in favor of it. 51% voting against it. former state lawmaker says he has been working on the tax since 2006. he calls it a used tax on cigarettes because only smokers would pay for it. but opponents countered the money, wasted. >> money to the general fund or paying off state pensions. it is going to be put into another uncontrollable group no one has guidance over.

>> if proposition 29 passes, the new $1 tax will be alded to cigarette sales later this year. the money generated would go towards cancer research. voters in san mateo county devoted two tax measures aimed at visitors. third one too close to call. measure u which would have raised the county health tax from 10 to 12% was defeated. positive measure x would have imposed business tax on commercial parking lots. you see it was defeated. measure p which proposes 2.5% tax on car rental businesses too tight to call. 100% precincts reported. our election coverage continues on the bottom your screen as well. that's where wear going to see the latest results. you can get them on nbc bay area. >> election day in other states as well. voters in wisconsin rejecting an attempt to recall controversial governor. that's republican scott walker.

he won decisively in spite of the decision last year to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights. now this win could make walker a gop superstar for taking on the unions and surviving. last night the governor thanking voters that supported him at the polls. >> we tell our country and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> republicans you spending the democrats by 8-1 there. some analysts question what a republican victory in wisconsin could mean to the presidential race. exit polls show wisconsin voters backing president obama over mitt romney by nine points. the showdown over same-sex marriage headed to the supreme court. ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco refusing to reconsider the ruling that struck down prop 8. supporters of prop 8 say they will now ask the supreme court to hear this case within the

next 90 days. if the just itses agree to hear the case arguments could be heard early next year with a decision of june 2013. time is running out for the alameda county board of supervisors to fill that seat. the narrowed the candidates to two. if the board is not passed by june 19 the decision will go to the governor. lockier resigned april 20 after struggling with drug addiction. in other news he didn't pull the trigger but an east bay robbery suspect will face murder charges for the death of his alleged accomplice. three men tried to rob golden treasures store in san ramon last wednesday. the store's own earn ended up shooting one of the suspects who layer died at the hospital. this week prosecutors chrnlging a second suspect with murder. using a little known law that holds an accomplice responsible for the death of a crime

partner. the store ownler not face any charge charges. a driver that killed a woman and son has been charged with manslaughter. prosecutors say that 24-year-old jose lombreras had a blood alcohol more than wise the legal limb white he crashed his vehicle in a tree last month. 4:38. pg&e is in damage control again. pipes could be severely corroded. director bill gibson tells of 180 areas where corrosion protection levels are inadequate. some remained that way for many years. pg a the trance mugs line that ruptured in san bruno in 2010 is among the vulnerable pipes back

on this day. 4:38. chilly start to the day. i always know it will be a good day when i hear christina loren over there laughing and smiling. >> we heard new the newsroom. >> when is that not the case? >> good morning to you. i'm a little bit sunshine. today you are going to get abundant shine over the bay area. one of those days you can open up the windows. yesterday you might have had to use the heater. it was rather cool. we hit 72 degrees in places like santa cruz. talking about the upper 70s, will he 80s. we head throughout tomorrow, we are going to warm up even more so. then next week, oh, boy, oh, boy. we start to get hot. 90s return possibly, triple digits yet again. we are going to get warm very quickly. enjoy the tranquil weather while it lasts. temperatures today around room temperature in san francisco, really nice day at the coast. we are going to see breezy conditions. that's going to see fog settling in. major heat wave ahead with the 90s on the way. yes, we have not hit summertime just yet. 21st of this month. here it is for today. 72 degrees at noon.

inland peeling off that first layer by the bay. at noon, rounding out the day in the low 70s. oakland and sf 37 as we head throughout the remainder of the week we keep on climbing. stay tuned for your city's high. you are starting to think about the weekend. yeah. you want to stay for 27-day forecast. ready to go in the next report. if you are headed out the door i'm happy to report we have one incident and it is way up north into sonoma county, santa rosa. west of ful ton, reports of sheetrock taking up at least one lane. slow it down through there. otherwise take it live and show you how traffic is moving. this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza no metering lights on just yet p. best drive of the morning. very light volume. we will let you know as soon as i change -- it changes. you know it will. >> i'm guessing a lot of people will love this one. how about this? ed if truck lover's dream. that's right. going to come through here. former u-haul parking lot on 11 and harrison in the south market

neighborhood in san francisco becoming home today to a street food park. that's right. multiple vendors will pull up their trucks in this park with lunch and dinner served seven day as week. unlike traditional roadside experience you get when you walk up to the truck and hang there and eat, this location has tables, restrooms, and even wi-fi. >> far cry from the roach coach in years past. >> five-star dining on four wheels. 4:41. still ahead, the trial of jerry sandusky running ahead of trial on day two of jury selection. what's next for the former penn state coach? top financial regulators in the hot seat in washington today. they are answering questions about jpmorgan's $2 billion loss. a live report coming up from washington next. >> a peace offering for angry facebook investors. what nasdaq officials could announce today. >> keep it there for your news

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welcome back everybody. live look outside. kind of a lonely golden gate bridge there in san francisco. celebration, good vibration

flowing from the birthday party a couple of weekends ago. 75 and looking good. christina loren will tell you about traffic. she will tell you about weather, too. >> another twist in the ill-fated facebook ipo. nasdaq may offer discounted trading to those who lost money in the debut. telling brokers it plans to announce a strategy to compensate investors who were affected by a technical glitch. thousands of people claim their facebook trade never made it through. the estimates are around $100 million lost. by the way, facebook stock down about 30% since that debut. >> we can tell wall street trying to carry over momentum this morning after a promising close yesterday. and for a check on the markets and the rest of the news before the bell, let's turn it over to hampton pearson live from our cnbc bureau in washington, d.c. good morning, hampton. >> good morning, john. futures are sharply higher this morning. stocks looking to build on tuesday's gains.

as investors cheering about support on the u.s. services or non-manufacturing sector. they appear to be shrugging off the move by moodys to cut decreed rateings on german and austrian banks on worries about the european debt crisis. european central bank meeting today. markets will be listening to any signals the bank may take action to stem that crisis. now we are also going to get on labor costs and productivity. reports this afternoon on regional economic conditions. the dow rising 26 points yesterday to close at 12127. nasdaq adding 18 points to close at 2778. the senate banking committee holding a hearing on jpmorgan and the head of the office of control of the currency says investigating whether morgan's executives will have to return to the compensation as a result of those losses. jp morgan's ceo jamie dimon goes before congress next week.

virgin mobile set to the second pay as you go wireless. virgin mobile will announce this week the wrap device will be available as soon as july 1. >> hampton, thank you very much for the update. >> hampton pearson. >> i like. >> it isn't that a good name? >> great name. looks good, too. >> we know why he said that, don't we? laura garcia-cannon. jon kelley likes to do a little travel in a solid tie. hampton, you got it right this morning in his eyes. good morning to you. you are picking out your wardrobe for the day, you want to dress for two parts of the day. it will be cool to start but by noon, you can peel off a layer. even in your coastal bayside cities today. 48 degrees to start you out in livermore. 40s virginiaed. mid 40s in places like gilroy. reporting 44 degrees. 50 in santa rosa. grab your jacket. you can hide the umbrella deep

in the closet for the next few days. we don't have any significant rain chances. good news is the rain that came through earlier this week purified our air. winds more of a factor as we head throughout the day today. still light except in fairfield, southwest at 10 miles per hour this morning. high pressure builds in today. we will ian area of high pressure to the north. tight pressure gradient like yesterday. it will become tighter as we head throughout the afternoon. winds will pick up at the coast and then as we head lou tomorrow, the warmup continues. today's high is 77 degrees in san jose. 77 for livermore. 80 degrees in fairfield. warming you up for thursday, by friday, get a little bit cooler, area of low pressure. another one yet again. arrives to our north. come this weekend, high pressure takes full on control of our pattern. you can see that 88 degrees sbind up to 90 degrees on monday. and that actually being rather high when i'm putting these temperatures on, it could be warmer. we will be watching that for

you. 4:48. send it back to you guy. >> thank you very much. nine jurors have been seated in the trial against former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. jury selection was expected to take several weeks. yesterday was actually the first day of questioning. three more jurors and four alter natures still need to be chosen. he's charged with sexually abusing ten boys. opening arguments are scheduled to start on monday. a pretrial hearing will be held today for u.s. army private bradley manning. he is the intelligence analyst accused of leaking hundreds of classified documents to wikileaks. among others, man sing us expected of leaking video after 2007 u.s. helicopter attack on iraqi civilians. there is a large wildfire forcing evacuations. it burned more be a thousand acres on the western side of oahu. came within feet of homes and got so close they thought it might burn but the fire is now headed in the opposite direction. that's good news. wind changing. this is hawaii's largest wildfire so far this year.

>> it is 4:49 now. we are a safety recall to warn you about this morning oop recalling thousands of high chairs because children can fall out of them. the activity tray can unexpectedly detach from the chair. the high chairs were sold at toys "r" us and walmart. consumers should contact even flo for a replacement tray. performance that proves looks can be deceiving. we will show you an opera singing teen with one unusual style. an excuse to get away. when you can enjoy the best of cafor fr eeliional parks for free. io

welcome back to you. taking a live look outside. you will notice throughout the morning bottom of your screen we are posting election coverage as well as giving you the latest in the stories and in live reports coming up. >> if you are looking for something to do this weekend we have the offer you cannot refuse. how about this? free visit the national park for free. yes. yosemite with california's seven other national parks not charging admission saturday. that's good news. all part of the national get outdoors day created five years ago tone courage more americans to go out and just inhale and experience the nature. not just for california but all

national parks, memorial and monuments nationwide. get with the program. >> was than exactly easy to see but the transit of venus captivated people around the world. it looked like a tiny black dot as it moved across the face of the sun. >> like a freckle. >> there it is. >> perfect. >> a beauty mark. nasa provided a look of the celestial. you definitely needed the solar safety glasses or telescope to see it. the transit took nearly seven hours and the next one not for 105 years. enjoy this. >> i'm guessing it doesn't change colors like a disco ball. always a party. second rock to the sun. let's check in with christina lore wren. bringing us the traffic. >> bringing you good information. thank you for traveling cautiously. weave no action to report. so far off to a really good start this wednesday morning.

i'm happy to report they are working on getting sheetrock cleaned up. still taking up one lane at the sonoma county west of fulton. travel cautiously through there. let's take a live look and show you how light it is so far this morning. even with a little construction, flashing lights on the golden gate bridge no one having to slow down or tap their brakes just yet. it is a matter of time before that happens. we will let you know what happens throughout the morning. no accidents to report yet. no congestion. off to a good start. >> that sounds great. >> i have congestion but i'm working on it. hey, the saying goes you can't judge a book by its cover. that was definitely true of "americans got talent" last night. >> take a listen to this. ♪

>> wow. >> beautiful and freaky all wrapped into one. >> captivating. >> you didn't expect that. shocking the judges. bringing several people literally to tears here. the teenager says he's self-trained and never perfect formed in public before. probably in his basement doing his thing. >> that's fascinating. >> it sounds like it is prerecorded but it is not. >> like it is not coming out of that person. >> angelic with his devilish look. i hope to see more from that kid. >> i would like to see him without all that -- >> we may some day. >> 4:56. still ahead, we will get the latest results for california's controversial cigarette tax and other important election. >> a local election finishes up.

the presidential campaign comes right back to town. we will let you know where president obama is heading today.

>> reporter: he was here just a couple of weeks ago. today president obama is coming back to the bay area. more fund-raisers. i'm christie smith. villa preview coming up. the so-called tobacco tax was certain to be a big winner in california. now the future of proposition 29 is anything but certain. good morning. i'm marla tellez with that story coming up. >>