i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm joon kelly. we're following breaking news this morning in redwood city. dozens of people out of their homes after a huge fire at an apartment complex. fire crews are on the scene there between main street and woodside road. a total of eight units were burned and at least two completely destroyed. firefighters say this fire appears to be no accident. >> the fire is still under investigation at this time, but it looks like deliberately set. >> we can tell you 27 people have been evacuated, and right now we have a crew on the way it to that scene. we will bring you all the latest details in a motor of minutes. today nurses are set to strike at nine bay area hospitals. as many as 4400 nurses could walk off the job at hospitals operated by sutter health. nur nurses have been negotiating a new drt for more than a year

here's a look at all the hospitals involved in today's strike. sutter says the hospitals will stay open during the strike. replacement nursing have been hired for the next five days. questions raised this morning over pg&e's response to a house fire in san francisco. they were connecting a gasoline when the flaming were sparked. that worker was badly burned and it took two hours before the gas was shut off. in the meantime it fed the flames burning the house and three adjoining structures. one man evacuated next door. he said it was real scary to smell that gas for so long. >> where's pg&e? why aren't they shutting it off? the next thing i thought about was san bruno's pg&e issue. >> they could not get to the shutoff valve because of the fire. they used a jackhammer on the street to get to the line. three firefighters were treated, and they were released at the

hospital. 5:01. today a former follower of charles manson will ask for freedom. bruce davis has a parole hearing today. it is his 27th parole hearing since his conviction for the 1969 killings of a music teacher and a stuntman. two years ago parole was granted to davis, but the decision was overturned by former governor arnold schwarzenegger. davis was among a family of followers who went on this deadly spree on behalf of her leader, charles manson. 77-year-old manson is serving a life sentence for nine murders. the alabama man suspected of killing three people, including two former auburn university, football players has surrendered and could appear in court as early as this morning. police say the 22-year-old shot six people at a party on saturday night in what police say was a fight over a woman. at a three-day manhunt leonard turned himself in last night at the federal courthouse in his

hometown of montgomery. he could be returned to auburn for his court appearance as early as today. the prosecution continues to build its case against a foreman football coach today in pennsylvania. jerry sandusky is aaccused of sexually abusing ten years bung over a 15-year period. chris pallone has the story. >> reporter: good morning. we expect jerry sandusky to arrive at the center county courthouse in a short time. court will begin in ban hour. it sthub another day of grueling and disturbing testimony here at the court, as it has been for two straight days. the defense is trying to convince the jury that accusers are out for money, but yesterday prosecutors called to the stand a star witness who has nothing to gain but everything to lose by coming forward. he's former grad assistant mike mcqueary. he's the only witness that saw sandusky alone in a shower way young boy. he testified in 2001 he spotted sandusky with his arms around a boy of 10-year-olds in a locker

room. mcqueary said he made noise to let sandusky know he was in the room. mcqueary was a very strong witness for the prosecution yesterday. >> mcmcqueary has been the independent witness, the person who has nothing to gain from his testimony. he comes forward as someone who saw something very unusual and out of the ordinary, and he's able to corroborate the story of the other victims. >> reporter: now, earlier on the stand tuesday, jurors heard from a witness, 18-year-old boy, who put his head in his hands and sobbed through much of his testimony. he testified shortly after he met jerry sandusky, sandusky started molesting him when he was 10 or 11 years old. he's just the second of eight alleged victims who are expected to testify to take the stand in this case. that's the story from pennsylvania. back to you. >> you've been in the courtroom, chris, and the testimony has been rather graphic, really

upsetting it to hear. what's the jury's response? >> reporter: the jury is acting like human beings, quite frankly. a lot of times when things are gruesome or graphic, they are seen to gasp a little bit, lean forward in their chairs, you know. just react the way you would expect anyone to act while listening to to the testimony of this sort. the interesting thing is jerry sandusky himself seems to be very stoic, and not much reaction at all from him. he tends to stare straight ahead and sometimes make notes to his lawyer. >> very interesting. thank you very much. >> what a case that is. well, mayen who almost lost his life in the same arizona shooting rampage that wounded former congresswoman gabrielle giffords will taf over her seat. he defeated jesse kelly in the case. barber is celebrating his victory with giffords at his side. he was her aide last year, and he was shot in the leg when giffords was shot in the head at

a tucson shopping center. giffords left congress early this year to focus on her recovery, and she looks great. with the cost kicks on the new state budget, state lawmakers are getting closer to striking a deal. they're less than $500 million from governor jerry brown. they didn't specify what the differences are. both houses of the state legislature do not pass a balanced spending plan by friday, though, they risk losing their pay for every day the state goes without one. lawmakers must close a $16 billion budget gap. the san jose pension reform measure capturing the attention of the nature, measure b allows the city to make dramatic changes and reductions to employee pensions passing overwhelmingly last week, and last night the city council put the new rules to work. it voted to shrink pension benefits for new city hires with the exception of police and

firefighters. workers now have to pay half the cost of pension, which will have smaller pay outs. time to look at the morning forecast this morning. you said it's spring-like. it looks foggy out there. >> it's spring-like because of that fog, as a matter of fact. good morning to you and weather and traffic go hand in hand. 5:07 you now. look at that natural coolant, june gloom is back for one day only. it makes for a much more comfortable day. that was a live look at san francisco. this is what we have for you to start in san jose. completely clear, gorgeous start out there. 5:07 now. look where your temperatures are and where we're headed for today. we're at 53 in san mateo. temperatures are uniforms, but when it comes it to microclimates, we have windy

conditions and you can divide the bay area in half right over the san francisco bay. calm conditions enabling that fog to settle in along the peninsula. you have strong winds in fairfield and concord, so that's not the case inland. we see a nice, clear start. hold onto your steering wheel as you cross the bridge. we'll talk about the other bridges that might get caught with a strong gust or two this morning. we'll get to mike in a minute. 79 degrees at noon, 83 inland at 4:00 p.m. much cooler weather than where we started the week. as we head throughout the remainder of the week, we ramp the temperatures back up. your seven-day is moments ago. let's check your drive. >> you talked about the venetia bridge. around diablo we have construction blocking two lanes. no major slowing and a light volume through the diablo range. gusty winds can be a possible.

yesterday with a tough drive out of antioch this morning. we move closer to the bridge. the east shore freeway is moving slowly, the construction is re-opened after overnight maintenance and 880 traveling north into downtown and out of downtown, both directions just fine as well. we'll see how things are shaping up for the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the lights in berkeley sxl emeryville going horizontally across, and above them you see the glow with low clouds. the fog is moving around, so it may affect your drive along the coast. back you to you. >> sounds good. coming up, complete coverage of the u.s. open as the countdown to tomorrow gets under way. cable companies versus netflix. the justice department gets involved. we'll look ahead in business. right now we take a live look outside. i believe that's a spanning shot over san jose as the sun starts to peek out over the horizon. the majestic colors in the

distance. we'll tell you about it come upg. >> wow, that's poetic, too. for the latest news and traffic and weather see what john is writing on facebook this morning. it targets the underlying causes of itch and irritation. gold bond. intensive healing for lasting relief.

this is "today in the bay." it is wednesday morning. we double your pleasure with two views. that's the grade flowing along and give you the golden gate bridge and some clouds and fog happening. the traffic is making its way through. christina will clear up the weather forecast. it's 5:12. the countdown continues this morning for one of the most prestigious events in the country. they tee up at olympic club before the final practice round before the start of the u.s. open. meng them is 14-year-old andy

jung, the youngest golfer to play the tournament since world war ii. we caught up with him. he feels like a fan more so than one of the elite players. >> yeah. before i came here, i was, like, chris, can he go onto the range and ask p for autographs? no, you're giving out autographs. >> it's too young to do it. that's the great thing about the game. it's not handed to you. >> is that kid wearing braces? wow. >> he can do whatever he wants. he's on the course. tiger woods is still the headliner this year. tiger is teeing off at 7:33 a.m. it's a crowded gallery there. he's playing with masters champ bubba watson and phil mickelson. >> i get excited to play with tiger. i love it. he gets the best out of me. when it's time to tee off on thursday, i'll be ready to play. >> to watch them play.

mickelson and woods have u.s. open history together. they were paired back in 2008. tiger went on to win that tournament. we can tell you u.s. open golfer dustin johnson putting down the golf clubs and picking up a baseball this evening set to throw out the first pitch at the giants game. before that johnson planned to hit golf balls from home plate at at&t park into the bay. that should be cool to watch. tonight's game is set for 7:00. he's keeping an unofficial pro golfer week going. that's defending u.s. champ rory mcilroy doing the honors. kind of got the afro going. let's see the form there. the producers say they don't play a lot of baseball apparently over in ireland. >> that's okay, because that guy can play golf. >> he can do whatever he wants with his hair, as long as he gets it done in the links.

>> stay with us and watch it. >> i like chia pets. >> stay with nbc bay area for continuing coverage of the u.s. open at the olympic club. we have live coverage all weekend long, and nbc is your station for the tournament starting thursday. check out nbcbayarea.com for more information as well. 5:15 right now, and an iphone app designed to bring flirty adults together is under fire this morning. scott joins us. a serious and disturbing story. >> it's called scout, laura. at least three teenagers used the service to meet people they thought would be other teenagers and were adults and those teens say they were assaulted. it allowed underage users with their parents' permission to use a separate section of the app, but they pulled the functionality. he suspended underage access. it allowed users to use it, but

the company started to allow limited access because kids were using it another way. if kids are going to sneak in might as well let them in and work to protect them. facebook is considering something similar for users under 13. the justice democratic is looking into whether cable companies are trying to quash efforts by hulu and netflix to bring you tv shows without hooking up cable. in particular, investigators are curious why some tv and internet providers like at&t and comcast cap your data usage when you use netflix but not when you use their online video services like xfinity. p if you go up the organizational chart far enough, we're owned by comcast and i am a comcast employee. so is toshi live at cnbc headquarters today with a look ahead. >> good morning. we have futures roughly flat

this morning following big gains tuesday. markets gave up an early advance yield on spanish government bonds hitting record highs as fitch cut ralgts on some banks. they rebounded after they bounced off the low once the european markets closed. investigators are hopeful that they'll take more steps to boost the global economy. we get data today on producer prices, retail sales and inventory. it rose 162 points yesterday. the nasdaq gained 33 to 2843. southwest has launched a fare sale including flights this fall for as long as 99 bucks round trip. other major carriers have matched the prices, but the aim is to fill seats after that peak summer travel season ends. it covers travel from mid-august to mid-november sxends thursday night. get on board if you have any travel in the fall. it doesn't cover flights on fridays and sundays and only a

limited number of seats are available at the sale price. they go fast, guys. back over to you. thank you, much. speaking of things low priced, zinga shares fell below $5. when does that mean and what should we do about if? >> get angry little bird. >> the fall of the mighty. time to check out weather. some mighty fine weather out there. >> that was good. angry birds. >> my coffee is kicking in. >> she was getting ready, too. >> as you pick out your wardrobe tomorrow. two parts of the day. nice, crisp and cool to start but we warm up into the mid-80s in the warmest cities across the bay, but really on track for seasonal averages for late spring. that's good news. we're happy about the fog this morning. it will keep us cool where temperatures have soared inland. 99 in sunnyvail on monday. we're back in record territory in the first part of the

weekend. so enjoy the brief cooldown while it lasts. temperatures today are nice and comfortable for the first part of the day, and we expect that marine layer to push out to sea by about noon. that's the good news. we won't see the fog socking in the city by the bay throughout the entire day bought least to noon dealing with low cloud cover. we have an interesting setup whether it comes to the east bay and your inland cities. we get strong winds this morning, so that keeps that fog from settling in. however we lose the wind. i wouldn't be surprised to wake up with mostly cloudy skies throughout the next few hours. between now and about 8:30 we have the best chance for seeing the marine layer pushing inland. 85 degrees in concord yesterday. no more 90s, and tomorrow we're going to gradually start to warm back up. 88 degrees by friday. this saturday mid-90s inland and cooling off a touch for sunday on father's day with annor shore

flow. that means the low 90s inland on sunday, mid-80s and low 70s at the bay and coast. monday and tuesday, though, we will get more cloud cover starting with a little more of the june gloom. temperatures are comfortable for this time of year. 5:20 and let's check your drive here's mike. >> we start in the south bay. there we go. now we start in the south bay with highway 85. some construction around union, one of the last crews to pick up. the other crew for 85 north of 280 has moved. as crews move around, sometimes the slower moving construction equipment causes problems to adjust. we look at a slow drive north of 280 and 85, that junction. we'll track that carefully as you come towards kurp tino. a smoother drive from university to marsh but the willow avenue offramp is closed here. one var crew is going akrot the bridge for highway 84. a live look at oakland past the coliseum shows you the volume of

traffic picking up. still a smooth drive at the limit. the glowing lights because low clouds drift through the area. we show you the east bay. we have slowing out of the although montt pass. they're picking up near diablo and danville. a smooth drive for concord, and no major problems but the slowing has started for antioch. tougher drive yesterday. today we hope for a smooth drive. back to you. thank you very much. the magic kingdom waving its magic wand the final time on the park next door. disney completed its five-year 1 dolt doll billion overhaul of disney california adventure. there's more rides based on pixar animation films. a little more buzz lightyear. they hope it turns the area into thee e the west coast walt disney world in orlando. the company's ceo said it had

become an eyesore, but all shiny and new. >> who is with snow white? the elves? >> the dwarfs. it's 5:22 right now. coming up, it's about as fa away from eastern you can get. we'll tell you the unusual way the city is paying tribute to the boss just ahead. a beautiful live look outside. look at the blue skies over the bay area. christina is dealing with the microclimates this morning. we'll let her figure it out for us. 5:22. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no!

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we'll let the pros work on this. christina is looking at all the microclimates out there for us, but i believe today could be a little spring-like, which will be something to enjoy. >> yeah. we need it. we're still in spring and kicking off summer on the 20th. just about a week away now from the official start of the summer. i wanted to point out temperatures today comfortable 83 degrees inland, 76 bayside and 67 degrees at the coast. that is our average for this time of year. we go beyond that average as of this weekend. temperatures soar yet again.

we go through the full forecast and, of course, we look at that u.s. open golf forecast coming up as well. first we check kryour drive wit mike. >> overall things look nicely. we get focusing on close-ups for the bay bridge toll plaza where the volume picks up a tad bit. some low clouds hovering here and more than low clouds for the golden gate bridge. we call fog in the north. no big deal, guys, back to you. >> 5:26. the next time the boss tours canada he doesn't have to look far to find a familiar name. the canadian town of springfield changes its name to spring steen in honor of springsteen. they're planning a concert in a nearby city. >> i don't get it. >> need to pick up action in that town. the music won't lass forever. the name change is just the day of his performance. they tried to grab the attention

of u2 when it toured that area back in 2011. >> maybe they should rename that town, groupie town. >> maybe. 5:27 right now. coming up the all-star line-up in tomorrow's u.s. open. everything you need to know about tee times and pargs and tell you if you can score tickets ahead. taking a live look outside san francisco. beautiful start to what should mididda ek.ce. dnesdamorning, 57. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios

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dozens forced from their homes in redwood city after flames ripped through an apartment complex. we plook at all that damage just ahead. >> the search for sierra. parents the missing teenager offer a new incentive to bring their daughter home. and it's a crisp start to the day. temperatures will be on the mild side compared to yesterday's highs. we're starting out in the 50s. we're headed towards the 80s inland, 70s bayside and the 60s

at the coast. a smooth drive right now heading toward the bay bridge through the cal decot. it's 5:30 and we have the commute starting guys. it's a little crisp out there. we give you a live look at san francisco and a little foggy, too, as it takes the top off the trans america building. you can barely see it on this wednesday. it is wednesday, june 13th. "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good wednesday morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm john quellkelly. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. firefighters have launched an ars investigation after a large fire burned through an apartment building. fire crews are still at the scene on san bau street between main street and woodside road. firefighters say the fire may have started in a car port beneath the apartments and spread to the units above. eight units were burned, two of

them completely destroyed. five cars were also destroyed. firefighters say 27 people inside the building were able to get out unhurt. >> we're always looking at were we notified early enough or was there a delay in reporting. this time of morning it's also a possibility, but we don't have any. we always encourage people as soon as they see a fire call 911. >> firefighters say the fire may have been intentionallially set. we have a crew on the way to the scene. we have the latest developments in a few minutes. a renewed search and bigger reward in morning in the sierra lamar case. the teen's parents planning to announce an increase in the $25,000 reward for information leading to her safe return or a conviction in this case. the aannouncement is set for 8:30 this morning followed by a community search. they charged garcia-torres for killing sierra even though her body has not been found. they're searching for a gunman in a drive-by shooting

that left the teenager dead. he was hit several times by fun fire walking along the road sne near story road after 6:00 tuesday night. they have not said if the shooting is gang-related and no arrests have been made. this is san jose's 19th homicide of the year. this morning a local company hit with a big-time fine for the death of care ppenter at a construction site. they order them to pay fines totaling $170,000. investigators say that company willfully violated state safety starnlds when 37-year-old raul zapata were buried alive in january. a tragedy. his family attorney says it could have been prevented. i think there's a lot of sadness and there's some anger. i think that the cal osha report indicates it was a needless tragedy and there were numerous opportunities to avoid this. >> for the record the city did

issue a stop work order to the company three days before he was killed. i wife of suspended san francisco sheriff may not be coming back to the bay area anytime soon. they're expected to ask the court to extend her stay in the native venezuela longer for another two months. he's been under court order to stay away from his life since the arrest for domestic violence charges. she's visiting her sick father, but she needed the court's approval to take the couple's son with her. she was supposed to return june 16th. menlo park police hope you might help catch a teenager who beat a 73-year-old woman over a cigarette. officers say the boy approached the woman monday night on lexington drive near robert way around 9:00. when the woman turned him away, he came back and punched the woman several times causing her to fall. she's recovering right now.

the individual took off. a5:33. plans are moving forward to redevelop oakland's former army base. the city council committee is volting to send the deal to the full council next tuesday. if the plan is not approved the city and port of oakland could lose nearly a quarter of billion dollars in state funding. the project would transform the former base into a warehouse serving the nearby port. it could be good news for low income kid palencia s in san francisco. they might not have to find change to ride on monduni. funding could be aapproved today. they're set to put up $4 million, and that money would let 40,000 low income youngsters ride for free. california voters will get to decide whether special labels should be required for genet genetically modified food. advocates collected more than half a million signatures to get that labeling mandate on the

november ballot. if it passes california is the first state to require such labels. if it happens, it will be interesting. california leading the way in so many things that get picked up across the country. >> yes. 5:35 right now. it looks like a chilly start today, but going to warm up nicely, huh? >> beautiful day in this great, golden state of california. we live in the best part of the state for conditions today. we get the best numbers with temperatures climbing in the 80s. you saw that live picture of san jose. the marine layer is back. that makes for a cooler day where it's been very, very warm lately. i wanted to point out another benefit of onshore flow with good air quality. we were in the mode rate range, bunt anymore. temperatures are nice and crisp to start. we're in the 50s, 51 degrees this morning. san jose, he just held the curtain for me. 56 in saj to start. i want to point out if you head to the olympic club and course, stay tuned for a live report.

it's a little foggy to start, so you might get the best of the weather if you head out there between 10:00 and noon. 64 degrees with with a building breeze throughout the day. the ingredients for fog are calm winds and clear skies, and that's what we have at the coast this morning. that fog will be a factor at least through mid-morning, but by noon nice sunshine over the greater bay area, 83 degrees at 4:00 p.m. here he is, mike and noah everybody. >> you're looking at the mystery. don't look behind the curtain. they do in front of the curtain as well. highway 4, no mystery. they're slowing because of the volume of traffic from eighth street over twarms summersville. speeds dip into the 20s. right on schedule for the antioch commute. construction screws between dublin and diablo, danville. no major slowing there. they start to clear in the next few minutes. some congestion starting and continues here into the altamonte pass and livermore if you continue.

now we move over towards the maze of the bay bridge. no major issues after construction crews cleared with exclamation point. a smoother drive sxa construction crew at fish ranch. no problems and slowing and a nice, easy drive off the rich center bridge or off the bridge. we look at fremont drive. we're looking at also the highway. that's what fremont drive is. there's a car off to the shoulder and aa non-injury accident. narrow roads up there. want to point out that activity this morning. a live look at the golden gate bridge. you can't see the marin because there's low clouds out there and there's issues for visibility as you approach the bridge. on the span, no problems, guys. back to you. >> today nurses are set to strike at nine bay area hospitals. as many as 4400 nurses could walk off the job at hospitals operated by sutter health. nurses and managers at sutter have been negotiating a new contract for more than a year. the two sides have clashed over

sick pay and cuts in employee benefits. here is a look at all the hospitals involved in today's strike. sutter says its hospitals will stay open during the strike. replacement nurses have been hired for the next five days. impacting a lot of hospitals. that battle rages on. it's 5:38 right now. coming up at least $2 billion gone overnight. that's coming up. and it is the final day of practice rounds here at the u.s. open. good morning live from the olympic club. we document a scratch golf wire played this very difficult course about 2,000 times coming up. that's an experience for you at the bay bridge and not even as you squint out there. we'll keep you posted on the changing forecast. you don't have to squint to do this. all you have to go is logon. check out the latest news,

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this is "today in the bay." welcome back. taking a live look outside at golden gate bridge. a little foggy at the top of many the bridges. 5:41. at least $2 billion, that's right, $2 billion lost making risky investments. now the head of jpmorgan xhas will head to capitol hill to spline how it all happened. jamie dimon expected to apologize for the loss during testimony before the bank senate committee. we've seen his prepared remarks. he'll say no client or taxpayer money was lost. the company now has new leadership and new safeguards are in place against risky hedging. experts point out that the bank still has a lot of money. >> it's the bank that every big

company wants to have lead its bank deal, and many of its bond deals. it's still the prettiest girl in the neighborhood. >> still pretty but still a lot of tough questions ahead for the ceo, including a new report by the "wall street journal" which claims several senior executives were told about the risky trading at london's office two years before the losses came to light. also questions at today's hearing would the volker rule have flagged it earlier. that rule is sdej you'lled to take effect next month, but they have to fully comply in another two years. there's a new slew of internet suffixes coming through the internet. tracy potts just us from capitol hill today. good morning. >> reporter: announcement is live from london as they look at another 2,000 internet suffixes

to add to the 300 or so we already have, and early details indicate that some of them are kind of interesting. some cities want their own .nyc for new york city and .lol who those that like to laugh online. there are different ones plik .pizza. most came from north america and europe. what they have to do, the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers, they'll sift through them and determine if there's trademark violations or if there's anything ovenlsive or any companies want the same suffix, in which case they have to compromise or auction them off and it's a year or two before they're ready for use. we're talking big money here, 185,000 to apply and 25,000 a year to maintain it with a 10-year minimum. they could end up making a lot

of money, too. live from washington, "today in the bay." >> very nice. now to the u.s. open. yes, the 112th u.s. government championship getting yurnld way tomorrow, but today this is the last time players can take that practice round from famous l.a. course, which is making headlines of its own. "today in the bay" is live at san francisco's olympic club. she has more on this course which is more daunting to the best golfers on the entire planet. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. in a press conference yesterday, tiger woods was asked about this cour course. on more than one occasion he said it is a grind. now, a lot has changed out here on these picturesque greens since the u.s. open was last held here. it's been here five times. the last time was in '98. the players who have played the course p many times including woods are basically having to relearn it. it's been resurfaced and holes have been changed and pars have been changed and there are new

chipping areas. a man who knows all about the changes has played this course out here more than 2,000 times. he's played collegiately for georgetown university. he's a scratch golfer, dan girado. how's that for an introduction? you basically grew up on the green and played out here since you were 10 years old. what makes this course so difficult? >> everything, first off, but this course is unique because it's built into a hill. every shot off the tee is curved into the fairway and they slope away from you. it makes it very difficult to land your drive in the fairway. >> the starting six holes are said to be the toughest in championship -- major championship golf? >> well, i think the easiest way to explain that is there's two par 4s over 500 yards and a par 3 250 yards downhill into the wind and they're a bear. if anyone can shoot even par on

the holes, they'll win the tournament. >> the longest hole out here is hole 16, 670 yards par 5. the longest in u.s. open history. >> yeah. you need to have two excellent shots, hit a draw off the 16th tee and then your second shot has to be a perfect shot to have a 9 iron and wedge into a green that's obviously really firm. so it's going to be a tough test out there on the 16th hole. >> okay. dan, thank you for your time. sit tight at home. we talk to dan a little bit more throughout the show. in the meantime i can tell you that today is the final day of practice rounds. tomorrow it is round one, the big three that everyone is keeping their eye on. tiger woods, phil mickelson and bubba watson tee off tomorrow at 7:33 a.m. live at the olympic club, "today in the bay." >> we'll see who can par it out there. something you should know for the fans, no cell phones allowed. security is especially tight,

and spectators can't bring any electronics onto the course during competitions. that's good news for phil mickelson. constant clicking of cell phone cameras reportedly contributed to his withdrawal from a recent memorial tournament. some fans grumble, but some say the new policy makes sense. >> it's really disrespectful to a golfer, and it's rude to have your phone go off in a golf tournament. >> phones can be checked at the gates in exchange for a red ticket. if you get one by, your ringing cell phone could make-or-break a championship. >> decent do it. >> if you haven't got tickets yet, find a comfortable spot in front of the television. the olympic club says it's now officially sold out. we spoke to golf fans who were smart enough to get it there early. they slipped in to get the last-minute tickets. thursday i wound up getting the day off work. i figured why not come out here,

right? >> we can tell you this is the 26th straight year the u.s. open has been a sellout. you don't center to be there to see there. just sit in the la-z-boy and check us out. all the action starting tomorrow, and you can also check out nbcbayarea.com for all the information for the u.s. open 2012. >> that's area you can go to partake in purchasing u.s. open gear and whatnot and it's a lot of fun. what about the forecast? will it cooperate, too? >> physical. you saw myra out there life yesterday morning. we didn't have the fog this morning, but it's returned. if you want the sunshine, just hold off. between 10:00 and noon the sun will break through the clouds. we have a full deck overhead, quite a difference from this time yesterday morning. you can see the top of the transamerica pyramid getting socked in with fog already. through the morning hours we see

the fog and the marine layer over san jose like we thought it would this morning, but it has not yet reached the east bay tri-valley region. you'll be nice and warm throughout this afternoon, and winds play a bit of the factor on the east side of the bay area as well. you can slice it in half. we have calm conditions to san mateo and half moon bay. you have that fog settling in and you need calm conditions and clear skies for the fog development. but we don't get that. you start out nice and clear and that sun will warm you up an hour from now. we wanted to point out the marine layer pushing back out to sea by noon. psy you can see the cloud cover at that point. 5:49. it's a nice, warm day inland, and especially if you used ac over the past couple of days, you can give it a break today. we have the natural ac off the pacific. winds are a factor this morning. they should drop off through the second half of the day as we saw that building breeze yesterday.

temperature ohio wise 83 in san jose and 86 in fairfield tomorrow. tomorrow we climb but into high gear into the warm-up this friday sbup the weekend. up to 95 degrees on saturday. that's good news if you want to hit the beach. weekend plans you want to make outdoor activities early, because it will get warm by noon into the 80s. sunday, father's day, looking good for outdoor activities. it's 71 degrees in half moon bay and pacifica. if you want to take dad to the beach, make sure too keep that in mind. sunscreen is necessary, but the weather is perfect. 5:50. let's check your drive with m g mike. >> make sure you have tunes both you and dad and like because that car ride is slow slew 17 through santa cruz. 85 and construction at el camino and at union. look at that. highway 87 starts the slowing down. this may be temporary for the next ten minutes as more cars

charge the averaging. i'll keep my eyes on things, because it's a slow start as of now. it's a smooth trooif for 101. construction all clear for 101 to 280 not a problem this morning. you head over eastbound towards newark and fremont. the san mateo bridge and the wind advisory to keep the caution in mind. u.s. open, we talked about that no tickets and no parking either. if you go there gt to the b.a.r.t. station and take the free shuttle there and from candlestick as well. avoid northbound skyline past the scene and it's closed. in the apple, worldwide developers conference through the end of the week. a lot of activity around there. keep that in mind for mourd and the approach bridge as well. a live look, and we look at cash lanes starting the big backup here. no big deal for fast track yet. those meters lights turning on in 20 minutes, so we watch as this changes dramatically in the next half hour. back to you.

>> thank you very much, mike. it's 5:51 right now. a big-time fire in redwood city ripping through an apartment complex. we have christie smith live on the scene with the full . ne[ [ male announcer ] every day, your car takes you to work, school, practice, dance class, shopping, and more. so do something nice for it. chevron with techron. care for your car.

breaking news in morning, a fire in redwood city leads to an arson investigation. dozens of people are out of their homes. christie smith joins us with the latest. >> reporter: this three-alarm fire has a big impact this morn. 27 people have been burned out of their apartments. firefighter believe it's suspicious. one firefighter says it's because of some of the things they found here they believe it was deliberately set, but he wouldn't elaborate on what they found. we're in the 500 block of stanbow street where flames were spotted in the car port this

morning. five cars burned down to the shell and six others damaged by heat and two apartments gutted and other had smoke and water damage. no one hurt. red cross is helping. arson investigators are on scene. i'm told a couple of residents have been allowed back in, but this investigation is set to go on for quite some time. reporting live in redwood city. quick question for you. what is a company's stock like a subway sandwich? scott mcgrew is pondering that. >> $5 for a foot long and about the same for a share of zinga. they teased them online this morning. it went down 41% on the year. the low total raises the question, should facebook just buy zinga? it's probably as cheap as the company is going to get a $4.5 billion market capitalization. zinga depends on facebook, but they get revenue from zinga.

it may make sense for the companies to make a deem. the subway sandwich stock barrier. laura. >> since we're talking about fast food here. burger king is concocting a whopper of a dessert for you. bk has added a new bacon sundae to the menu. ice cream and bacon together. here's the breakdown for you. vanilla soft serve with fudge, caramel, bacon crumbles. >> just slow down. take it easy. >> i can't. another piece of bacon on it for you. >> that's what i wondered. >> the sundae has 510 calories and 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar and then you have bacon. >> the sweet and salty altogether mixed into one? i feel that. >> interesting. >> and tasty. still ahead, complete coverage of the u.s. open as the countdown to tomorrow's teeoff gets under way. walking off the job. nurses on strike at nine bay

area hospitals. the plan in place to make sure patients get the medical care they need. right now we have a live look outside. look at that. lots of clouds in the skies. i think about a bk sundae with bacon on it. it's a beautiful day out. christina will tell you the sun is nice and warm at7. 5:57.

and we are live from the 112th u.s. open. good morning. we're going to talk about some of the changes made to this already extremely difficult course coming up. some brief heat relief for today. temperatures fall back to the